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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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German Heroes

  • Characters of the Nibelungenlied

  • Other German Characters

Characters of the Nibelungenlied

Attila (Etzel)

Attila (Etzel)

Brunhild (Brynhild)

Brunhild (Brynhild)

Dietrich von Bern (Thiðrek)

Dietrich von Bern (Thiðrek)

Ermanaric (Erminrek)

Ermanaric (Erminrek)

Gernot (Gernoz)

Gernot (Gernoz)

Giselher (Gislher)

Giselher (Gislher)

Gunther (Gunnar)

Gunther (Gunnar)

Hagen (Hogni)

Hagen (Hogni)

Heimir

Heimir

Helche (Erka)

Helche (Erka)

Herrat (Herrað)

Herrat (Herrað)

Hildebrand

Hildebrand

Kriemhild (Grimhild, Gudrun)

Kriemhild (Grimhild, Gudrun)

Nuodung (Nauðung)

Nuodung (Nauðung)

Rudiger (Rodingeir)

Rudiger (Rodingeir)

Siegfried (Sigurð)

Siegfried (Sigurð)

Siegmund (Sigmund)

Siegmund (Sigmund)

Wayland the Smith (Völund)

Wayland the Smith (Völund)

Witege (Viðga)

Witege (Viðga)

Wolfhart

Wolfhart

Volker and Other Vassals

Volker and Other Vassals

For Alberich, see Dwarves. For Hiltgunt, see Waltharius. For Sieglind, see Hjordis. For Walther, see Waltharius.

Genealogy

  • The Nibelungs

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Other German Characters

Beowulf

Beowulf

Hrothgar

Hrothgar

Wiglaf

Wiglaf

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Siegfried

Siegfried

My Noble Falcon Wooing of Brunhild Death of Siegfried Treasure of the NibelungsMy Noble Falcon It began with Kriemhild having a dream. Kriemhild was the beautiful daughter of King Dancrat (Guiki) of Burgundy and Uote (Grimhild). She had three brot...

January 1st, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Siegfried

Siegfried

The hero of the Nibelungenlied. Siegfried was the son of Siegmund (Sigmund), the king of the Netherlands, and Sieglind (Sisibe or Hjordis). His counterpart was the hero Sigurd who appeared in many of the Icelandic and Scandinavian sagas, such as t...

January 1st, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Dietrich Legend

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 – "Sagas of Dietrich". Here, on the Dietrich Legend page, there are not only tales about Dietrich, but I ha...

June 13th, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Norse Heroes 1

Norse Heroes 1

The majority of these characters come from the Völsunga Saga, so for the full story, read Völsunga Saga. It should be noted that Wayland was the English name of the divine master smith, but he was famous for myths throughout the other Germanic kin...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Nibelungenlied

Nibelungenlied

The Nibelungenlied (the "Song of the Nibelungs") was a heroic epic poem written in Middle High German, most likely in Austria, during the early 13th century. The Nibelungenlied was another version of the Nibelungen cycle that was different from th...

January 1st, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Hagen

Hagen

Hagen was lord of Troneck. Hagen was the son of Aldrian, and his brother was Dancwart. Hagen was also a kinsman (uncle) of Burgundian kings and Kriemhild. Hagen was renowned as a loyal vassal and henchman of Gunther (Gunnar) in the Nibelungenlied....

January 1st, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Background

Background

Background for the Norse Volung-Niflung myth and the German Nibelung epic. Sources The Edda Who were the Nibelungs? Plot ComparisonSources There are many sources for the saga of Sigurd/Siegfried and the downfall of the Burgundian family. Such was ...

July 28th, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Kriemhild

Kriemhild

Krimehild was the wife of Siegfried (Sigurd) and Etzel (Atli). Kriemhild (Grimhild or Gudrun) was the beautiful daughter of King Dancrat (Guiki) of Burgundy and Uote (Grimhild). She was the sister of Gunther, Gernot and Giselher. (In the Volsunga ...

January 1st, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
The Nibelungs

The Nibelungs

Below is the family tree of the Nibelungs. The names were gained from the 12th century Middle High German epic known as the Nibelungenlied. It also contains a small tree of the Amelungs, the family of Dietrich. The family tree above may confuse so...

February 24th, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
Dietrich von Bern (Thiðrek)

Dietrich von Bern (Thiðrek)

Dietrich of Verona was a popular German hero, also known as Dietrich von Bern. Dietrich appeared in a number of medieval German heroic poems, known collectively as Dietrichsage. The Dietrichsage became entwined with Nibelungen legend, such as in t...

January 1st, 2001 • Jimmy Joe
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