Hildebrand

Hildebrand is a character from Germanic legend. Hildebrand is the modern German form of the name: in Old High German it is Hiltibrant and in Old Norse Hildibrandr. The word hild means "battle" and brand means "sword". The name itself is very likely of Langobard origin.

He is associated with the cycle of legends about Theodoric the Great, called Dietrich in German, to whom he is a companion. Hildebrand figures in three famous songs: in the Old High German Hildebrandslied, the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, and in the Old Norse song "Hildebrand's Death" in Ásmundar saga kappabana (called Hildibrandr). He also appears as Hildiger in Gesta Danorum, and in the late medieval Jüngeres Hildebrandslied.

In the Nibelungenlied, he is the armourer, brother-in-arms and fatherly friend of Dietrich von Bern. It is he that kills Kriemhild, after she ordered her brother's death and killed Hagen herself.

In the Hildebrandslied, which is older, Hildebrand fights his own son Hadubrand. In fact Hildebrand became Dietrich's armourer, because he had to leave his home, he left his wife and his son. 30 years later, Hildebrand returns. His son Hadubrand is now ruling over his land, he is leading his army against the supposed invasion. As is customary, the two leaders meet between the armies. They start to list their family tree, in order to prevent themselves from killing a relative. Hadubrand says that he is "Hadubrand Hildebrand's son", but he was told that Hildebrand died, and he thinks that the fighter before him is using Hildebrand's name to deceive him. In fact, the ending in the original text has been lost, but the legends and the third song tell the end of the story. Hildebrand has to kill his son otherwise he would be killed by him; he has pictures of all the warriors he killed on his red shield, and his son's picture is added to the others.

Hildebrand (surname)

Hildebrand is a surname, and may refer to:

  • Adolf von Hildebrand (18471921), German sculptor
  • Alice von Hildebrand (born 1923), Belgian philosopher and theologian
  • Billy Hildebrand (born c.1924), American former football player and coach
  • Brian Hildebrand (19621999), American professional wrestling manager
  • Bror Emil Hildebrand (18061884) Swedish archaeologist, numismatist and museum director
  • Bruno Hildebrand (18121878), German economist
  • Dan Hildebrand, American actor
  • David K. Hildebrand, scholar on American music history
  • Dietrich von Hildebrand (18891977), German Catholic philosopher and theologian
  • Francis B. Hildebrand (19152002), American mathematician
  • Franklin Hildebrand (18931966), American journalist
  • George Hildebrand (1878–1960), American baseball player
  • Gerhard Hildebrand (1877–unknown), German journalist and politician
  • Gert Hildebrand (born 1953), German car designer
  • Grant Hildebrand, American architect and architectural historian
  • Hans Hildebrand (18241913) Swedish archaeologist
  • Hildebrand (disambiguation)

    Hildebrand may refer to:

    People

    People with Hildebrand as a given name:

  • Hildebrand, a character from Germanic legend
  • Hildebrand (bishop of Sées), flourished 849–84
  • Aldebrandus, (1119 1219), Bishop of Fossombrone and saint
  • Pope Gregory VII (né Hildebrand; c.1020 1085), Pope from 1073 to 1085
  • Hildebrand, a pen name for Nicolaas Beets (1814 1903)
  • Hildeprand, born c.700, King of the Lombards
  • Hildeprand of Spoleto, duke from 774 to 789
  • Hildebrand Elwell, English politician
  • People with the surname Hildebrand:

  • Hildebrand (surname)
  • Other

  • The Hildebrand Rarity, a James Bond short story by Ian Fleming
  • Hildebrand solubility parameter for predicting solubilities, especially of polymers
  • Old Hildebrand, a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
  • See also

  • Hildebrandt (disambiguation)
  • Hans Hildenbrand, German photographer from World War I
  • Harvey Hilderbran, American politician
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