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The figures in the lists below are listed either by the name of their article on
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lists names of
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List of named weapons, armour and treasures in
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List of people, clan, and place names in
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186:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, HiâHy
181:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, HâHe
201:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, TâY
196:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, PâS
191:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, IâO
176:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, FâG
171:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, DâE
166:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, BâC
161:List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, A
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264:SÇ«gubrot af nokkrum fornkonungum
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213:List of Beowulf characters
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268:Ăsmundar saga kappabana
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20:Germanic heroic legend
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252:Norna-Gests ĂŸĂĄttr
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207:Other lists
28:The 9th c.
280:Categories
137:valkyries
92:Healfdene
90:and one
96:Beowulf
266:, and
149:jötnar
147:, and
145:giants
141:dwarfs
118:unless
234:Notes
88:Froda
82:and
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