figures in Germanic heroic legend, B–C List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, D–E List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, F–G List of figures in... 3 KB (415 words) - 11:18, 7 July 2023 |
Elgfróði (category Characters in Norse mythology) In Germanic heroic legend, Elgfróði (Elk-Fróði) is the half-man, half-elk elder brother of the hero Bödvar Bjarki and Thorir Houndsfoot. The name is also... 12 KB (1,276 words) - 16:18, 12 March 2024 |
Epic poetry (redirect from Heroic poetry) Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52673-9. de Vries, Jan (1978). Heroic Song and Heroic Legend. ISBN 0-405-10566-5... 36 KB (4,033 words) - 13:38, 20 April 2024 |
one of the Five Ages of Man. Germanic Heroic Age, 4th and 5th centuries AD, period of early historic or quasi-historic events reflected in Germanic heroic... 2 KB (346 words) - 06:40, 27 March 2022 |
or heroic beings that these particular cultures believed to be true and that often use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the... 20 KB (2,426 words) - 08:58, 28 December 2023 |
Dwarf (folklore) (redirect from Dwarf (Germanic mythology)) A dwarf (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Accounts of dwarfs vary significantly throughout history; however... 40 KB (5,088 words) - 14:52, 8 April 2024 |
Widsith (redirect from Tribes of Widsith) legendary figures of the Germanic past". Historically, we know that one speaker could not travel to see all of these nations in one lifetime. In a similar... 20 KB (1,211 words) - 09:42, 17 March 2024 |
Greek mythology (redirect from Greek legend) contradictory tales of the poets and provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends.: 1 Apollodorus of Athens lived from c... 109 KB (12,225 words) - 12:27, 9 April 2024 |
Hengist and Horsa (category English heroic legends) Hengist and Horsa are Germanic brothers said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their supposed invasion of Britain in the 5th century. Tradition[clarification... 41 KB (5,389 words) - 19:47, 6 April 2024 |
Huns (category Invasions of Europe) roles of antagonists, as well as in Germanic heroic legend, where the Huns are variously antagonists or allies to the Germanic main figures. In Hungary... 116 KB (15,262 words) - 07:24, 30 April 2024 |
Beowulf (redirect from Date of Beowulf) in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of... 96 KB (10,873 words) - 17:36, 16 April 2024 |
Valkyrie (redirect from Choosers of the Slain) that due to the shift of concept, the valkyries became popular figures in heroic poetry, and during this transition were stripped of their "demonic characteristics... 60 KB (7,865 words) - 12:29, 1 April 2024 |
Celtic mythology (redirect from Celtic legend) Ireland, and the Aided Chlainne Lir ("Children of Lir"). The Ulster Cycle consists of heroic legends about the Ulaid. It focuses on the mythical Ulster... 20 KB (2,396 words) - 16:09, 24 March 2024 |
Irish mythology (redirect from Irish legend) Aided Chlainne Lir ("Children of Lir"). The Ulster Cycle consists of heroic legends relating to the Ulaid, the most important of which is the epic Táin Bó... 39 KB (5,009 words) - 01:47, 7 April 2024 |
Welsh mythology (redirect from Welsh legend) guidelines in storymaking, such as the Triads of the Island of Britain, which led tales to be based on mythological, historical and heroic themes. The... 55 KB (8,097 words) - 21:28, 4 March 2024 |
Chinese mythology (redirect from Chinese legend) version of Chang'e with the name changed due to a naming taboo. Chang'e is modern. In mythology it was said that Chang'e had been married to the heroic archer... 101 KB (13,227 words) - 23:41, 13 April 2024 |
European dragon (category Medieval legends) dragon or serpent. The most famous lindworm in Norse and Germanic mythology is Fafnir. The Germanic stories of lindworms have them guarding a treasure hoard... 53 KB (6,727 words) - 20:58, 20 March 2024 |
Albanian folk beliefs (redirect from Albanian legend) beliefs expressed in the customs, rituals, myths, legends and tales of the Albanian people. The elements of Albanian mythology are of ancient Paleo-Balkanic... 70 KB (6,870 words) - 21:06, 1 April 2024 |
letter in accented parts of words. Alliteration and assonance played a key role in structuring early Germanic, Norse and Old English forms of poetry.... 107 KB (12,498 words) - 20:43, 29 April 2024 |
English literature (redirect from Literature in English) example of Old English poetry. It is also one of the earliest recorded examples of sustained poetry in a Germanic language. The poem, The Dream of the Rood... 144 KB (17,662 words) - 14:20, 14 April 2024 |
Proto-Indo-European mythology (redirect from Death of a son) wealth of the community) in Germanic legends may also be a reflex of the original myth of the serpent holding waters. In Zoroastrianism and in Persian... 134 KB (16,652 words) - 22:11, 13 April 2024 |
Elf (category Articles with text in Germanic languages) elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic... 89 KB (10,481 words) - 01:50, 2 March 2024 |
Myth (redirect from Heroic myth) legends, and history together, considering myths and legends to be true accounts of their remote past. In particular, creation myths take place in a... 77 KB (8,663 words) - 14:27, 28 April 2024 |