Witege
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Witege, Witige or Wittich or Vidrik "Vidga" Verlandsson is a character in several Germanic heroic legends, poems about Dietrich von Bern, and later Scandinavian ballads.
Wittich (in red) dishonourably battles two against one with Heime to defeat Alphart.
Böðvildr
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Böðvildr, Beadohild, Bodil or Badhild was a princess, the daughter of the evil king Níðuðr/Niðhad/Niðung who appears in Germanic legends, such as Deor, Völundarkviða and Þiðrekssaga. Initially, she ap
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…fame in his duel with Langben Rese/Risker (the giant Etgeir in the Þiðrekssaga). During the Middle Ages, he became the son of Wayland the Smith and Böðvildr, and this entitled him to carry a hammer and tongs in his coat of arms. Later the origin of his name "Wayland's son" was forgotten, but the fame of the…
"Böðvildr in Weyland's Smithy" (1883) by Johannes Gehrts.