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Family Tree of Norse Deities and Giants
Below is the genealogy of the Aesir and the Vanir. I have also included Loki's ancestry on the top right. Please note that a single male Aesir god ...
By Jimmy Joe
Genealogy
Norse Tradition German Tradition Norse Tradition German Tradition
By Jimmy Joe
Enchanted Objects
Gungnir Owner: Odin The spear or lance of Odin. Gungnir ("swaying one") was made by the sons of Ivaldi (4 dwarfs). Draupner Owner: Odin Draupner or...
By Jimmy Joe
Facts and Figures
Facts & Figures provides additional information regarding particular myths or tales, sort of like an appendix at the back of a book. This informati...
By Jimmy Joe
Kudrun
Kudrun or Gudrun Lied was arguably the second greatest German epic in the Middle Ages, after the Nibelungenlied . It was written in Middle High Ger...
By Jimmy Joe
Hildebrandslied
Hildebrandslied was a fragmented, alliterative heroic poem, written in Old High German, probably in the early 9th century. The poem centred around ...
By Jimmy Joe
Waltharius
Waltharius was a heroic poem written in Latin, around the 9th century. The poem was based on an ancient German legend set in the time of Attila ( E...
By Jimmy Joe
Dietrich's Adventures
As I had mentioned in the previous article ( Deitrich ), there are a number of Middle High German poems, between the 13th and 15th century, about D...
By Jimmy Joe
Dietrich
Dietrich von Bern (Verona) was based on the historical figure of Theodoric the Great, an Ostrogoth king who ruled Italy after Odoacer, another Ostr...
By Jimmy Joe
Dietrich Legend
The hero Dietrich was a popular hero in German legends and literature. The collection of tales about Dietrich was known as the Dietrichsage – "Saga...
By Jimmy Joe
Gautreks Saga
The Viking romance called Gautrek's Saga is a rather strange tale; in it, this king was actually a minor character. The tale centred more around tw...
By Jimmy Joe
House of Skiold
The House of Skiold (Skjold) is a legendary dynasty in Denmark. Skiold was the founder of the dynasty and the eponym for the Skioldungs (Skjoldungs...