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Heroic poems composed in writing are generally anonymous within Germanic heroic legends. There is no data indicating if a group of professional singers was accountable for creating heroic poetry during Germanic times. References are similarly unclear for the majority of the Early Middle Ages. By the late 9th century, a figure referred to in Old English as a scop, in Old High German as a skof, and in Latin writings as a vates or psalmista, is documented as a kind of singer or minstrel living at the court of a specific lord. A scop is shown performing heroic tales in Beowulf. The scop could additionally serve as a þyle, a guardian of historical knowledge or þula. It is widely believed that the poem was performed with musical support. In Scandinavia, there existed the character of the skald. Nevertheless, skaldic poetry was viewed as a distinct genre from heroic poetry, making the role of skalds in conveying or creating heroic poetry ambiguous. Saxo Grammaticus mentions a Saxon singer or cantor saxonicus who performs a heroic song in Denmark. During the Middle High German era, it appears probable that heroic verses were conveyed by the same group of minstrels as Spruchdichtung. The Spruchdichter Der Marner mentions in one line the continuous requests to perform songs about heroic themes.

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