Wildeber
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Wildeber, also Wildewer , Wildifer, and Vildiver is a figure from the Dietrich von Bern Saga.
According to Jacob Grimm, the name is from Old High German Language | Old High German wild and pero (bear) and was transformed into "wild boar" by folk etymology. Other theories have suggested "wild" and "wer", meaning "wild man"
Wildeber is also sometimes connected to the figue "Wisselau" in some sagas. Possibly based on Slavonic Václav, of which Wenzel is the Germanized form, perhaps a popular bear-name.
Wildeber plays the most important role in these legends during the liberation of Wittich | Widgas, who was captured during the fight against the Wilzen under King Osantrix. Because of the faithlessness of his brother-in-arms, Heime. Together with the singer Ilsung he journeys to the land of the Wilzen and dances, dressed as a bear at the court. When the king tries to chase the bear, Wildeber kills twelve dogs within a short time and then kills the king when he tries to intervene. After that, it is easy for the two heroes to free Wittich as well.
In the fight against King Isung and his sons, which Dietrich fought with his comrades in arms, he suffered a defeat like most of Dietrich's companions.[1]
References
- ↑ Gillespie, George T. (1973). Persons Named in Germanic Heroic Literature. Clarendon: Oxford University Press. pp. 32, 44, 103, 136, 144–145, 146, 148. ISBN 978-0198157182.
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