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    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...
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    dragon is normally viewed by scholars as the German equivalent of Fáfnir. Þiðreks saga gives an account of Sigurð killing a dragon that shows similarities with...
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    Sigurð first wields Gram and cuts off Reginn's head. The Norwegian Þiðreks saga relates a slightly different tale, with Reginn as the dragon and Mimir...
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    the Old Norse sources Völundarkviða (a poem in the Poetic Edda) and Þiðreks saga. In them, Wayland is a smith who is enslaved by a king. Wayland takes...
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    on the Þiðreks saga: As names in the Þiðreks saga typically adapt a German name, only figures that are not attested outside of the Þiðreks saga are listed...
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    The Old Norse Þiðreks saga proper calls the same mermaid a sjókona (siókona [sic.]) or "sea-woman". The genealogy is given in the saga: the sea-woman...
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  • (1996). "Þiðreks saga und oberdeutsche Heldensage". In Kramarz-Bein, Susanne (ed.). Hansische Literaturbeziehungen: Das Beispiel der Þiðreks saga und verwandter...
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    and Ásmundar saga kappabana. The best-known today, the Völsunga saga, was probably written in Norway and shows knowledge of the Þiðreks saga (see below):...
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  • second "wing" scenario coincides with the version of the story given in Þiðreks saga, where Völundr's brother Egill shot birds and collected plumage for him...
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    Egil is a legendary hero of the Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga. The name is from Proto-Germanic *Agilaz, and the same legend is reflected in Old...
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