 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mufananidzo mukuru wenyaya yakataurwa muna , pamusoro porufu rwevanakomana vaEtzel naHerche, unowanzoonekwa seimwe yezvinhu zvekare zvikuru zvenhoroondo yaTheodoric. Inotanga kutaurwa nezvayo muNibelungenklage, nhetembo ingangodaro yakanyorwa nguva pfupi pashure peNibelungenlied c. 1200. Zvidzidzo zvekare zvakaronga rwiyo rwechiGothic sorudzi rwokutanga. Maererano nedzidziso iyi, rwiyo rwacho rwakafuridzirwa neHondo yeNedao454, kupandukira kwemadzinza eGermany mushure mekufa kwaAttila muHuni, umo mwanakomana waAttila aidiwa uye mutsivi Ellac akafa. Baba vaTheodoric Mukuru Theodemar vanofungidzirwa kuti vakarwa kudivi revaHuns muhondo iyi, nezviito zvake zvakaendeswa kumwanakomana wake ane mukurumbira mutsika yemuromo. Elisabeth Lienert anoratidza kuti nzvimbo yenhetembo yacho muRavenna ingangodaro yakakurudzirwa nenhoroondo yaTheodoric Mukuru achirwisa muvengi wake Odoacer ikoko kubva muna 491 kusvika muna 493. Hunhu hwaWitige dzimwe nguva hunofungidzirwa kuti hwakakanganiswa naWitigis, mambo weGothic uye mutorwa uyo akapa Ravenna kuhondo yeByzantine. Diether nenzira yakafanana anofungidzirwa kuva nechisungo kuna Theodahad wenhau, uyo Witigis akatengesa, achibvuta chigaro choumambo cheOstrogothic. Werner Hoffmann anoratidza kuti basa rakaderera raErmenrich mu Die Rabenschlacht imhaka yokuti nhau yepakutanga yaWitige achiuraya vanakomana vaEtzel naDiether yakangoiswa zvishoma muhurongwa hukuru hwekudzingwa kwaDietrich. Joachim Heinzle anoramba zvikuru kuedza kwakadaro kwokubvisa midzi yenhetembo yacho sokusingabatsiri. 