Teutons

Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)

• relationship: Let the Teuton swords. (The Danish History, > Book Two)

  "Let the Teuton swords, the helmets, the shining armlets, the mail-coats that reach the heel, which Rolf of old bestowed upon his men, let these sharpen our mindful hearts to the fray."

• attestation: For the Teuton extravagance which the king favoured had led him. (The Danish History, > Book Six.)

  "For the Teuton extravagance which the king favoured had led him, in his longing for the pleasures of abundance, to set to the fire again, for roasting, dishes which had been already boiled."

• attestation: Hildigisl slunk off with a spear through both buttocks. (The Danish History, > Book Seven.)

  "Hildigisl slunk off with a spear through both buttocks, which was the occasion for a jeer at the Teutons, since the ugliness of the blow did not fail to brand it with disgrace."

Prose Edda

• attestation: The Teutons considered it a sacred duty to avenge all injuries, especially those offered to kinsmen or country (The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > The Historical Odin.)

  "the Teutons thought it a sacred duty to revenge all injuries, especially those offered to kinsmen or country."

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attestation: In other words, the comparisons were wont to be very circumscribed: you might, one was told, compare the myths of Gr^ks and Teutons and Hindus, because those nationsNwere considered to be of the same (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XII: Race in Folklore and Myth)

  "In other words, the comparisons were wont to be very circumscribed: you might, one was told, compare the myths of Gr^ks and Teutons and Hindus, because those nationsNwere considered to be of the same stock; but even within that range comparisons were scarcely contemplated, except in the case of myths enshrined in the most classical literatures of those nations."