List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, T–Y

T FigureNames in medieval languagesHistorical originName meaningRelationshipsEarly and English AttestationsNorse AttestationsGerman Attestations Tanastus The etymology is uncertain. The first element may be related to ON dana- ("Dane"), Low German dane ("swamp"), or it may be from PGmc danwō ("fir tree") or *dannio ("spruce tree"), a material from which weapons were made. The eleventh warrior of Gunther killed by Walter of Aquitaine. He comes from Speyer. Waltharius Tarnung Based on MHG tarnen ("to conceal"). A dwarf king. His kingdom has been usurped by Bilbung, but Wolfdietrich restores it to his son. Wolfdietrich Tarias , or The name may be a corruption of Darius, used for heathen kings in Old French epic. The heathen king and giant who threatens the monastery which Wolfdietrich has entered after abdicating his crown. He is killed and defeated by Wolfdietrich and his son Hugdietrich2. Wolfdietrich Theodoric the Great See Dietrich von Bern. Thether See Diether. Thetleif See Dietleib von Steier. Thetmar See Dietmar. Theuderic I , Historical king of the Franks, who conquered the Thuringians in 531 and died c. 533. The figure Wolfdietrich has also been suggested to have his origins in this king. See Dietrich von Bern. In Widukind's Deeds of the Saxons, Theuderic is portrayed as the illegitimate son of King Huga. He becomes king after his father's death and attempts to befriend Hermanafrid, king of the Thuringians. However, Theuderic's sister Amalaberga, who is Hermanafrid's wife, convinces Hermanafrid to rebuff him. This leads Theuderic to bribe Hermanafrid's vassal Iring to kill Hermanafrid, which he does in Hermanafrid's presence. However, Iring then kills Theuderic to avenge his lord, placing Hermanfrid's corpse on top of Theuderic's.Widsith (24, 115)Rök runestone? Deeds of the Saxons Thidrek af Bern See Dietrich von Bern. Thidrek Valdemarsson Theodoric Strabo has been suggested as the origin of this figure. See Dietrich von Bern Possibly the same figure as Dietrich von Griechen. He is a favorite and kinsman of Erka (Helche), the son of the Rus' king Valdemar, and a rival and opponent of Dietrich von Bern. He is captured and wounded by Dietrich; Helche heals him and he escapes, but Dietrich catches and beheads him. Þiðreks saga Thora Þóra is a hypocoristic form of female names beginning with Þór-, from the theonym Thor. The daughter of King Hakon - Gudrun stays with her for three years after Sigurd's death. Guðrúnarkviða I, Guðrúnarkvíða II, Völsunga saga Thora Borgarhjort See Thora.In Ad catalogum, she is the daughter of Gautrik, the baron of Gautland. After Ragnar Lodbrok had killed a very large snake, she was given to him as a reward, and before dying, she gave him the sons Eric3 and Agnar4. In Bósa saga, she is instead the daughter of Herrauðr, by Gautrik's half-brother king Hring of Östergötland. Her father rescued her mother Hleiðr from the Bjarmians and brought back an egg from Bjarmaland, which hatched to become the snake that Ragnar killed. In Ragnars saga loðbrókar and Ragnarssona þáttr, her father Herruðr/Herrauðr has given her snake that grows to encircle her bower, until it is so large that he promises her to the man that can kill the serpent, which Ragnar does. She dies after having given Ragnar the sons Eric3 and Agnarr4. In Gesta Danorum (IX), she is the daughter of the Swedish king Herroth who had given her some snakes that grew until they became so large that they terrorized the land. She was given as a reward to Ragnar after he had killed them. Ragnar divorces Lathgertha for her sake, and Thora gives him the sons Rathbarth and Dunwat, but she soon becomes ill and dies. Bósa saga ok Herrauðs, Ragnars saga loðbrókar, Ragnarssona þáttr, Krákumál, Ad catalogum regum Sveciæ annotanda, Gesta Danorum (IX) Thorir Hound's FootÞórir is from PN *Þunra-wīhaʀ and means "priest of Thor". The son of Bjorn and Bera and brother of Bodvar Bjarki, he has dog's feet. He becomes king of the Geats. Hrólfs saga kraka Thorir Iron-Shield See Thorir Hound's FootHe is mentioned in the eddic poem Hyndluljóð together with his fellow housecarls Grim the Hardy, Gunnar Midwall, Ulf the Gaping, Brodd and Harvi. They are in the service of king Hrolf the Old. The legends of Thorir and Grim, the housecarls of Hrolf, are told in the saga Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar. He is in the service of king Halfdan of Gardariki and in charge of his defensive force, and the foster-father of his daughter Alof. He advises his lord not to fight the Geatish king Hrolf, but to ally with him instead and give his daughter to Hrolf's brother Ketill. Unwisely, the king does not listen. After the battle, Thorir is seriously wounded and accepts to enter Hrolfs service on condition that his wound is taken care of. He becomes responsible for Hrolf's defenses. and when Hrolf goes to Ireland, he rules Sweden in his stead. When Hrolf is taken captive by the king of Ireland, he takes part in the rescue expedition, freeing him from the prison. In the end, he marries, settles down, becomes a prominent man in England and stays friends with his former liege. Hyndluljóð, Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar Thorkel the Stubborn/Gotlander , The first element is Þór-, i.e. the god Thor, and the second element is ketill which means "helmet".He appears at the massive Battle of Brávellir as one of the Swedish king Sigurd Ring's warriors in the battle against the Danish king Harald Wartooth. He is first mentioned as one of the archers sent from Telemark, and the Swedes expected little from these archers that they held to be slow speaking drawlers. He is later mentioned as one of the Swedish king's champions and he stops and kills the shield-maiden Vebjorg after a fierce fight with great deal of courage and many wounds. In Gesta Danorum, he is also mentioned among the Telemark archers who are described a brave but humble, but Thorkel is called "the Gotlander". When the shield-maiden Veborg threatens more Swedish warriors, she is stopped and killed by Thorkill. Saxo then praises the skills of the Gotlanders (Gut(t)ones) and their arrows that easily pierced both helmets and breastplates. Sögubrot, Gesta Danorum (VIII) ThornbjorgThe basic meaning of þorn was "thorn", from PGmc *þurnjaz (m) or *þurnjōn (f), but it could also be used in compounds to mean "lady". The second element is PGmc *-berʒō or *-burʒō ("helper", "assistant"). She is a shield-maiden and a Swedish princess, the daughter of king Eric at Uppsala, but she has her residence at Ulleråker. She insists on deciding who she will marry and says it would be best for the kingdom. She is famed for her beauty, and has learnt not only all the female skills, but she has also mastered fighting with sword and shield. She has prevailed on her father to give her a third of Sweden, and rules it as king Thorberg. When the Geatish king Hrolf Gautreksson starts to woo her, she has already maimed or killed several previous suitors. He attacks her in her fortress, but only loses men, and he has to siege her for two weeks until he digs a tunnel under the walls and conquers her, after she has killed many men. When her husband Hrolf is on his last adventure in Ireland, he is taken captive and put in prison, and so she takes up arms again and arrives to save him and his men. Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar Thurisind Historical king of the Gepids (died c. 560) The first element is probably PGmc *þursja ("giant"), the second element is probably PGmc *sinþa ("way, motion"). King of the Gepids, father of and Thurismod and Cunimund. Although Alboin has killed his son Thurismod, when Alboin comes to his court Thurisind spares Alboin's life because he is a guest. Historia Langobardorum ThyleInterpreted as OE Þyle ("spokesman"), and it is attested as a personal name on a runestone in Sweden, the Runestone Sö 82, although the interpretation of the name is not secure. Appears in Widsith, line 24 as the king of the Rondings, and he may have been the eponym of the people of Telemark.Widsith Thyrso PGmc *þursja ("giant"). A giant, he attacks the monastery of Wilten that had been founded by the hero Heime and is killed by him. Early modern broadsheet (1601) from Wilten monastery near Innsbruck, Tyrol. Trogus The name comes from PGmc *draug- (cf. Gothic driugan "to do war service"). The tenth warrior of Gunther killed by Walter of Aquitaine, he comes from Strasbourg. Waltharius Tryggvi , The definite form of the ON adjective tryggr ("reliable").He appears at the massive Battle of Brávellir as one of the Swedish king Sigurd Ring's warriors in the battle against the Danish king Harald Wartooth. In Sögubrot, he arrives with twelve warships together with Tvivifil. When the battle starts, he stands at the front of the wedge formation called svinfylking next to the greatest of them all, Rognvald the Tall or Radbard Fist, and Læsir. During the battle he engages Ubbi the Frisian but receives a mortal wound from him. In Gesta Danorum, he arrives with Tvi-Vifil with twelve ships but sailing separately. He is instructed to watch the right side of a crescent formation together with Ingo and his brothers, the sons of Alrik, while Lesi watched the left. Sögubrot, Gesta Danorum (VIII) Tunni Probably based on a Swedish tradition about the Geatish warrior Eofor killing the Swedish king Ongentheow in battle. ON Tunni is derived from PN *tunþā, which is from PN *tunþuʀ, cognate with Gothic tunþus ("tooth"), and it means the "one with big tooth". It probably refers to Ongentheow's Geatish slayer Eofor ("wild boar"). In the West Norse accounts Ongentheow/Egil2 is killed by the "horns of a bull", which in the East Norse dialect would have referred to the "tusk of a boar" (Eofor's sword). The leader of a Swedish slave rebellion, according to Ynglinga saga and Historia Norwegiæ. He defeats the Swedish king Egil2/Ongentheow in eight battles, but loses the ninth. Norwegians and Icelanders, appear to have misunderstood an original Swedish tradition preserved in the source Ynglingatal, which was based on Eofor ("wild boar") killing the Swedish king Ongentheow in battle. Probably cognate with Eofor in Beowulf Ynglingatal, Historia Norwegiæ, Ynglinga saga Turismod The first element is probably PGmc *þursja ("giant"), the second element PGmc *mōda ("mind, spirit, courage"). Son of the Gepid king Thurisind. He is killed by the Lombard king Alboin. Historia Langobardorum

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