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Böðvildr

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Böðvildr, Beadohilde, Bodil or Badhild was the princess of an evil king Níðuðr/Niðhad/Niðung who appears in Germanic legends, such as Deor, Völundarkviða and Þiðrekssaga. [1]

16 relations: Þiðreks saga, Ballad, Berkshire Downs, Denmark, Deor, Egil, brother of Volund, England, Franks Casket, Jutland, Niðhad, Seneschal, Tumulus, Völundarkviða, Wayland the Smith, Witege, Zealand.

Þiðreks saga

Þiðreks saga af Bern ('the saga of Þiðrekr of Bern', also Þiðrekssaga, Þiðriks saga, Niflunga saga or Vilkina saga, with Anglicisations including Thidreksaga) is an Old Norse chivalric saga centering the character it calls Þiðrekr af Bern, who originated as the historical king Theoderic the Great (454–526), but who attracted a great many unhistorical legends in the Middle Ages.

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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Berkshire Downs

The Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Deor

"Deor" (or "The Lament of Deor") is an Old English poem found in the late-10th-century collection the Exeter Book.

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Egil, brother of Volund

Egil is a legendary hero of the Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Franks Casket

The Franks Casket (or the Auzon Casket) is a small Anglo-Saxon whale's bone (not "whalebone" in the sense of baleen) chest from the early 8th century, now in the British Museum.

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Jutland

Jutland (Jylland; Jütland), also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula (Cimbricus Chersonesus; Den Kimbriske Halvø; Kimbrische Halbinsel), is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany.

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Niðhad

King Niðhad, Níðuðr or Niðung was a cruel king in Germanic legend.

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Seneschal

A seneschal was a senior court appointment within a royal, ducal, or noble household during the Middle Ages and early Modern period, historically a steward or majordomo of a medieval great house, such as a royal household.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Völundarkviða

Völundarkviða or more precisely Vǫlundarkviða (Völundr's poem, the name can be anglicized as Völundarkvitha, Völundarkvidha, Völundarkvida, Volundarkvitha, Volundarkvidha or Volundarkvida) is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda.

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Wayland the Smith

In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Wēland;; Wiolant; italic Wieland der Schmied; Galans (Galant) in French; from Wēla-nandaz, lit. "battle-brave") is a legendary master blacksmith, described by Jessie Weston as "the weird and malicious craftsman, Weyland".

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Witege

Witege, Witige or Wittich (Wudga, Widia; Gotho-Vidigoia; italic) or Vidrik "Vidga" Verlandsson (+ Viðga or Videke + Verlandsson, Vallandsson, or Villandsson) is a character in several early Germanic legends, poems about Dietrich von Bern, and later Scandinavian ballads.

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Zealand

Zealand (Sjælland), at 7,031 km2, is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger).

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Beadohilde, Bodvild, Bodvildr, Boedvildr.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Böðvildr

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