Origo Gentis Langobardorum
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The Origo Gentis Langobardorum is a short, 7th-century AD Latin account offering a founding myth of the Longobard people. The first part describes the origin and naming of the Lombards, the following text more resembles a king-list, up until the rule of Perctarit (672–688).
A 10th-century codex of Origo gentis Langobardorum from Reims, now in Berlin
An 11th-century illustrated codex of Origo gentis Langobardorum, now in Salerno.
Wodan, with Frigga, looks down from their window in the heavens to the Winnili women below (1905) by Emil Doepler.
Lombards
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The Lombards or Longobards were a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774.
Lombard possessions in Italy: the Lombard Kingdom (Neustria, Austria and Tuscia) and the Lombard Duchies of Spoleto and Benevento
Wodan (Godan) and Frigg (Frea) looking out of a window in the heavens...
Paul the Deacon, historian of the Lombards, circa 720–799
Rosamund forced to drink from the skull of her father by Pietro della Vecchia. According to Samu Szádeczky-Kardoss, the cup could be a gift from Bayan, as it was a nomad habit to make cups from the enemy's skulls