Sources of Norse mythology

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 82. Chapters: Poetic Edda, Völuspá, Lokasenna, Gesta Danorum, Gylfaginning, Prose Edda, Heimskringla, Völsunga saga, Skírnismál, Orkneyinga saga, Grímnismál, Njáls saga, Legends about Theodoric the Great, Runestone, Sigurðarkviða hin skamma, Snorri Sturluson, Guðrúnarkviða II, Sörla þáttr, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, Lokrur, Altuna Runestone, Bósa saga ok Herrauðs, Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, Hjaðningavíg, Grottasöngr, Friðþjófs saga hins froekna, Ragnarssona þáttr, Gautreks saga, Hróa þáttr heimska, Guðrúnarkviða III, Svipdagsmál, Bjarkamál, Gutasaga, Völundarkviða, Dráp Niflunga, Great Lacuna, Þrymskviða, Helreið Brynhildar, Sigrdrífumál, Gosforth Cross, Hlöðskviða, Old Norse poetry, Hárbarðsljóð, Grógaldr, Vafþrúðnismál, Hversu Noregr byggðist, Vellekla, Völsa þáttr, Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, Alvíssmál, Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar, Þórsdrápa, Kálfsvísa, Hrómundar saga Gripssonar, Ásmundar saga kappabana, Heimdalargaldr, Fjölsvinnsmál, Hymiskviða, Nafnaþulur, Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa, Þrymlur, Hákonarmál, Völuspá hin skamma, Ynglinga saga, Baldrs draumar, Hervararkviða, Hrafnsmál, Háleygjatal, Hyndluljóð, Skáldskaparmál, Frá dauða Sinfjötla, Sögubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum, Reginsmál, Grípisspá, Fáfnismál, Skíðaríma, Brot af Sigurðarkviðu, AM 738 4to, Eymundar þáttr hrings, Oddrúnargrátr, Austrfararvísur, AM 748 I 4to, Eiríksmál, Laufás-Edda, Af Upplendinga konungum. Excerpt: The Gothic King Theodoric the Great was remembered in Germanic legend as Dietrich von Bern (Bern is the Middle High German name for Verona, where Theodoric had one of his residences). Dietrich figures in a number of surviving works, and it must be assumed that these draw on long-standing oral tradition. The majority of poems about Dietrich/Theodoric are composed in Middle High German, and are generally divided by modern scholars into historical (Germ.: historische Dietrichepik) and fantastical (Germ.: either märchenhafte or aventiurehafte Dietrichepik). The historical poems can loosely be connected with the life of the historical Theodoric and concern his expulsion from Verona by his uncle Ermenrich (Ermanaric) and his attempts to regain his kingdom with the help of Etzel (Attila). The fantastical poems concern his battles with dwarves, dragons, giants, and other mythical beings, as well as other heroes such as Siegfried. In addition to these two categories of poems, he appears as a supporting character in some poems such as the Nibelungenlied and Biterolf und Dietleib. Despite the identification of Dietrich von Bern with Theodoric the Great throughout the entire Middle Ages, the two figures are vastly different. As the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) states: "the legendary history of Dietrich differs so widely from the life of Theodoric that it has been suggested that the two were originally unconnected." The most noticeable differences are: -Dietrich is portrayed as an exile from an Italian kingdom which is rightfully his. Theodoric, in contrast, was an invader. - The historical Theodoric's capital was Ravenna, not Verona; Ravenna does, however, feature prominently in the poems. -Theodoric's historical opponent Odoacer is replaced by Dietrich's uncle Ermenrich in all poems except for the Hildebrandslied. Odoacer is also mentioned in one version of the Eckenlied. -Dietrich is the contemporary of Etzel (Attila the Hun, died 453) and of Ermenrich (Ermanaric, died 376)