The authors present the most important iconographic sources for German mythology and heroic legends and discuss the latest research. A focus is on interpretation and on new technical methods for autopsy and visual documentation. The geographic scope includes Scandinavia, England, and Germany; the time frame extends from the period of the Roman Empire to the late Viking Age.

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Wilhelm Heizmann, LMU München; Sigmund Oehrl, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Göttingen.