Thidreks saga (also Thidreksaga, Thidrekssaga, Niflungasaga) is a saga of the adventures of the hero Dietrich von Bern, believed to be based on the historical Theodoric the Great, and written down about 1250.
The original is in Old Norse, believed to have been written down by a Norwegian, but it purports to be based on stories told to the writer by Germans. It is a source of some debate as to which parts of the story are based on German legend vs Norse legend, since there are many differences between this saga and the Nibelungenlied.
The saga was composed in Old Norse or Icelandic perhaps as late as 1250-51, although a Low German version may have existed as early as the late twelfth century.
It is deemed possible that this saga already existed in a similar form at the end of the thirteenth century, although its oldest manuscript is dated to the early fourteenth century (Tulinius, 1993, 233.
The saga is preserved in fifteenth-century manuscripts and is believed to have been composed late in the fourteenth century or early in the fifteenth (Simek, 1993, 565-6).
ThidreksSaga (also Thidreksaga, Thidrekssaga, Niflungasaga) is a saga of the adventures of the hero Dietrich von Bern, believed to be based on the historical Theodoric the Great, and written down about 1250.
The original is in Old Norse, believed to have been written down by a Norwegian, but it purports to be based on stories told to the writer by Germans.
The Saga of Thidrek of Bern (New York: Garland, 1988) ISBN 0824084896
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