HILDEBRAND

hildebrand, lay of), with his nephews the wolfings alphart and wolfhart; wittich, who renounced his allegiance to dietrich and slew the sons of attila; heime and biterolf. the contents of the poems dealing with the dietrich cycle are summarized by uhland in _schriften zur geschichte der dichtung und sage_ (stuttgart, 1873). the _thidrekssaga_ (ed. c. unger, christiania, 1853) is translated into german by f. h. v. der hagen in _altdeutsche und altnordische heldensagen_ (vols. i. and ii. 3rd ed., breslau, 1872). a summary of it forms the concluding chapter of t. hodgkin's _theodoric the goth_ (1891). the variations in the dietrich legend in the latin historians, in old and middle high german literature, and in the northern saga, can be studied in w. grimm's _deutsche heldensage_ (2nd ed., berlin, 1867). there is a good account in english in f. e. sandbach's _heroic saga-cycle of dietrich of bern_ (1906), forming no. 15 of alfred nutt's _popular studies in mythology_, and another in m. bentinck smith's translation of dr o. l. jiriczek's _deutsche heldensage_ (_northern legends_, london, 1902). for modern german authorities and commentators see b. symons, "deutsche heldensage" in h. paul's _grd. d. german. phil._ (strassburg, new ed., 1905); also goedeke, _geschichte der deutschen dichtung_ (i. 241-246).