List of Germanic heroes

This is a list of Germanic heroes.

Name	Attested spouses, sexual partners and loves	Attested children	Attestations
Egil (Old Norse) Ægil (Old English) Aigil (Alamannic)	Ölrún Ailrun		Völundarkviða, Thiðreks saga Franks Casket Pforzen buckle
Hervör (1st generation)	Hervarar saga, Gesta Danorum, Faroese ballads (3 generations with the same name) Widsith (3rd generation)
Arngrim (Old Norse)	Eyfura	12 sons, including Angantyr	Hervarar saga, Gesta Danorum, Hyndluljóð, Faroese ballads, Örvar-Odds saga
Beowulf (old English) (possibly) Böðvarr Bjarki (Old Norse) (possibly) Biarco (Latin)			Beowulf Hrólfs saga kraka, Latin epitome of Skjöldunga saga Gesta Danorum
Björn Járnsíða (Old Norse) Berno, Bier Costæ ferreæ (Latin)		Refil, Erik Björnsson	Ragnarssona þáttr, Hervarar saga Annales Bertiniani, Chronicon Fontanellense, Gesta Normannorum Ducum
Breca the Bronding (Old English)			Beowulf, Widsith
Finn Folcwalding (Old English)	Hildeburh		Finnsburg Fragment, Beowulf, Widsith
Guðmundr (Old Norse) Guthmundus (Latin)		Heiðrekr or Höfund	Bósa saga ok Herrauðs, Helga þáttr Þórissonar, Hervarar saga, Norna-Gests þáttr, Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns, Samsons saga fagra, Helgakviða Hundingsbana I Gesta Danorum
Hagbarðr (Old Norse)	Signy		Prose Edda, Ynglinga saga, Völsunga saga Gesta Danorum
Haki (Old Norse) Haco (Latin)			Ynglinga saga, Nafnaþulur, Völsunga saga Gesta Danorum
Háma (Old English) Heimir (Old Norse) Heime (Middle High German)			Beowulf, Widsith Þiðrekssaga, Grípisspá, Helreið Brynhildar, Völsunga saga Heldenbücher
Heiðrekr (Old Norse) Heathoric (Old English)	Helga, Sifka, Hergerd	Angantyr, Hlöð	Hervarar saga Widsith
Helgi Haddingjaskati (Old Norse)	Kára		Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, Hrómundar saga Gripssonar, Kálfsvísa
Helgi Hjörvarðsson (Old Norse)	Sváfa		Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, Prose Edda
Helgi Hundingsbani (Old Norse)	Sigrún		Völsunga saga, Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, Poetic Edda
Hervör (Old Norse)	Höfund		Hervarar saga, Hlöðskviða (2 generations, grandmother and granddaughter)
Hjalmar(Old Norse) Hialmerus (Latin)	Ingeborg		Hervarar saga, Örvar-Odds saga, Hyndluljóð, Faroese ballads Gesta Danorum
Hlöðr (Old Norse) Hlith (Old English)			Hervarar saga Widsith
Höðbroddr, Hoddbroddr (Old Norse) Hothbrodus (Latin)			Völsunga saga, Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, Helgakviða Hundingsbana II, Hversu Noregr byggdist Chronicon Lethrense, Gesta Danorum
Hrólfr Kraki (Old Norse) Hroðulf (Old English) Rolf, Rolfo, Roluo (Latin)			Hrólfs saga kraka, Ynglinga saga, Skáldskaparmál, Gautreks saga Beowulf, Widsith Skjöldunga saga paraphrase, Chronicon Lethrense, Gesta Danorum
Ingeld (Old English) Ingjald (Old Norse) Ingild, Ingjaldus (Latin)	Freawaru Sigrith		Beowulf, Widsith Bjarkarímur Skjöldunga saga paraphrase, Gesta Danorum, Chronicon Lethrense
Jónakr's sons: Hamðir, Sörli and Erpr (Old Norse) Ammius, Hemidus; Sarus, Serila; Adaccar (Latin)			Hamðismál, Guðrúnarhvöt, Völsunga saga, Ragnarsdrápa Gesta Danorum, Jordanes' Getica, Annals of Quedlinburg
Örvar-Oddr (Old Norse) Arvaroddus (Latin)	Silkisif		Örvar-Odds saga, Hervarar saga Gesta Danorum
Offa of Angel (Old English) Uffo (Latin)	Modþryð	Angeltheow	Widsith, Beowulf Gesta Danorum, Historia brevis regum Dacie
Palnatoki (Old Norse) Toko (Latin)			Jómsvíkinga saga Gesta Danorum
Ragnarr Loðbrók (Old Norse) Regnerus, Reginheri (Latin)	Aslaug, Thora Lathgertha	Halfdan, (Ivar the Boneless (Inwær, Igwar)), Hvitserk, Ubba (Hubba), Björn Járnsíða	Ragnarssona þáttr, Ragnars saga Loðbrókar, Völsunga saga, Ragnarsdrápa, Krákumál, Háttalykill inn forni Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Gesta Danorum
Rerir (Old Norse)		Völsung	Völsunga saga
Sigmundr (Old Norse) Sigemund (Old English) Sigemunt (Middle High German)	Signý, Borghild, Hjördís	Sinfjötli, Hámundr, Helgi Hundingsbani, Sigurðr	Völsunga saga, Eddic poems Beowulf Nibelungenlied
Sigurðr, Sigruþr (Old Norse) Sivard Snarensven(d) (medieval Scandinavian) Sjúrður (Faroese) Sîfrit (Middle High German)	Brynhildr, Guðrún/Kriemhilt	Aslaug, Svanhildr, Sigmundr	Swedish runestones, Völsunga saga, Þiðrekssaga, Norna-Gests þáttr medieval Scandinavian ballads Faroese ballads Nibelungenlied
Sigrlami/Svafrlami (Old Norse)			Hervarar saga
Sinfjötli (Old Norse) Fitela (Old English)			Völsunga saga Beowulf
Starkaðr (Old Norse) (2 generations) Starkodder (medieval Scandinavian) Starcaterus (Latin) unnamed "old warrior" (Old English)	Ogn, Álfhildr		Hervarar saga, Hauksbók, Gautreks saga, Ynglinga saga, Sögubrot, Norna-Gests þáttr Annales Ryenses Gesta Danorum Beowulf
Styrbjörn the Strong (Old Norse) Sturbiornus (Latin)	Tyra Haraldsdotter		Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa, Eyrbyggja saga, Knýtlinga saga, Hervarar saga, Heimskringla, Yngvars saga víðförla, Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar Gesta Danorum
Svipdagr (Old Norse) Swæbdæg (Old English) Svibdagerus (Latin)	Menglöð		Svipdagsmál (Grógaldr and Fjölsvinnsmál), Prose Edda, Heimskringla Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Gesta Danorum
Völsung (Old Norse) Wælsing (Old English)		Sigmund, Signy, 9 other sons	Völsunga saga Beowulf
Weohstan (Old English) Vésteinn (Old Norse)		Wiglaf	Beowulf Kálfsvísa
Wudga (Old English) Witege (Middle High German) Vidigoia (Gotho-Latin) Vidrík (Old Norse), Vidrik Verlandsson			Widsith, Waldere Legends about Theodoric the Great Getica Þiðrekssaga, medieval Scandinavian ballads, Faroese ballads

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