The 8th century Merseburg Incantations are the only remnant of Germanic paganism German literature.
Alliterative verse has been found in some of the earliest monuments of Germanic literature.
Gudrun is a major figure in the early Germanic literature centered on the hero Sigurd, son of Sigmund.
He studied Germanic literature at university.
The "Battle of Fontenoy" also differs from vernacular Germanic literature, like the Ludwigslied, in that it is full of historical detail.
Her father is a professor of Germanic literature at Indiana University.
Instead, he proposed that other pieces of Germanic literature contain "kernels of tradition" from which Beowulf borrows and expands upon.
Stories about Pier grew into legends that often share themes with stories of other strong men in Germanic heroic literature.
Secular Germanic literature and the literature of Christian hagiography featured dragons and dragon fights.
Germanic literature often permitted women to play instrumental roles in the heroic setting of events.