![]() ![]() ![]() The early Middle Ages preserves only a small number of legends in writing, mostly from England, including the only surviving early medieval heroic epic in the vernacular, Beowulf. Many take the form of Germanic heroic poetry ( German: germanische Heldendichtung): shorter pieces are known as heroic lays, whereas longer pieces are called Germanic heroic epic ( germanische Heldenepik). Heroic legends are attested in Anglo-Saxon England, medieval Scandinavia, and medieval Germany. Like Germanic mythology, heroic legend is a genre of Germanic folklore. Heroes in these legends often display a heroic ethos emphasizing honor, glory, and loyalty above other concerns. These legends typically reworked historical events or personages in the manner of oral poetry, forming a heroic age. Stories from this time period, to which others were added later, were transmitted orally, traveled widely among the Germanic speaking peoples, and were known in many variants. Germanic heroic legend ( German: germanische Heldensage) is the heroic literary tradition of the Germanic-speaking peoples, most of which originates or is set in the Migration Period (4th-6th centuries AD). Hagen kills Siegfried while the Burgundian kings Gunther, Giselher, and Gernot watch. ![]()
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