- Þiðreks saga af Bern ('the saga of Þiðrekr of Bern',
sometimes Thidrekssaga or
Thidreks saga in English) is an Old
Norse saga that
collects almost all...
-
Another important source for
legends about Dietrich is the Old
Norse Thidrekssaga,
which was
written using German sources. In
addition to the
legends detailing...
- Níðuðr/Niðhad/Niðung who
appears in
Germanic legends, such as Deor, Völundarkviða and
Þiðrekssaga. Initially, she
appears to have been a
tragic victim of
Wayland the smith's...
- and to have
known the
Thidrekssaga (c. 1250), a
translation of
continental Germanic traditions into Old
Norse (see §
Þiðrekssaga). Therefore, the Völsunga...
- He
appears as Níðuðr in the Old
Norse Völundarkviða, as Niðung in the
Þiðrekssaga, and as Niðhad in the Anglo-Saxon
poems Deor and Waldere. The legend...
- 13th centuries.
Major works of that
period include Historia Norwegiæ,
Þiðrekssaga and
Konungs skuggsjá.
Little Norwegian literature came out of the period...
- the
accusation that
Kriemhild is a vâlandinne (fiend).
Although the
Þiðrekssaga (c. 1250) is
written in Old Norse, the
majority of the
material is translated...
-
appears in the Anglo-Saxon
poems Beowulf and Widsith, in the
Scandinavian Þiðrekssaga and in
German epics such as
Alpharts Tod.
Since Wudga is
based on a Gothic...
- go unpunished!"
Palnatoki later kills the king. In the 13th-century
Þiðrekssaga,
chapter 128, Egill,
brother of Völund, is
commanded by King
Nidung to...
-
particular fame in his duel with
Langben Rese/Risker (the
giant Etgeir in the
Þiðrekssaga).
During the
Middle Ages, he
became the son of
Wayland the
Smith and...
