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==Profile==
==Profile==
===Origin===
===Origin===
{{wp|Hagen (legend)|Hagen}} is a mythological Germanic hero who plays a variety of roles in a number of northern European legends. In the ''Nibelungenlied'', he appears as a vassal of the Burgundian king Gunther and is a grizzled warrior, loyal and wary. He plays a principal role in the epic as the slayer of [[Siegfried]], who becomes the chief object of hatred and revenge of Siegfried’s widow, Kriemhild.
{{wp|Hagen (legend)|Hagen}}, known in Old Norse as Högni, is a legendary Germanic hero who plays a variety of roles in a number of northern European legends. In the ''Nibelungenlied'', he appears as a vassal of the Burgundian king Gunther and is a grizzled warrior, loyal and wary. He plays a principal role in the epic as the slayer of [[Siegfried]], who becomes the chief object of hatred and revenge of Siegfried’s widow, Kriemhild.


===Design===
===Design===