Dietrich von Bern cycle

mythical character inspired by Theoderic the Great

Old Norse chivalric saga

13th-century German literary work

South Tyrolean saga

Ortnit or Otnit is a Middle High German heroic epic about the eponymous king Ortnit. First written down in strophic form around 1230 by an anonymous author, it circulated in a number of distinct versions.

heroic literary traditions of the Germanic-speaking peoples

thumb|Wittich (in red) dishonourably battles two against one with Heime to defeat Alphart. Witege, Witige or Wittich (; Gotho-) or Vidrik "Vidga" Verlandsson ( + Viðga or Videke + Verlandsson, Vallandsson, or Villandsson) is a character in several Germanic heroic legends, poems about Dietrich von Bern, and later Scandinavian ballads.

thumb|200px|Title page of the 1590 edition of the Heldenbuch.

thumb|upright=1.5|Wolfdietrich attacking the dragons. From Heidelberg, Universitätsbiblothek, Cpg 365, folios 1v and 2r.