The Germanic (or "German") Heroic Age, so called in analogy to the Heroic Age of Greek mythology, is the period of early historic or quasi-historic events reflected in Germanic heroic poetry, often expressed in alliterative verse.[1]
- ^ Felix J. Oinas, Heroic epic and saga: an introduction to the world's great folk epics, Indiana University Press, 1978, ISBN 978-0-253-32738-3, 123f.