 A fragmentary Old English poem on the same character is known as "Waldere".Walter of Aquitaine is not a historical king; Jacob Grimm in "Teutonic Mythology" speculates that "Walthari", literally "wielder of hosts", may have been an epithet of the god of war, Ziu or Eor, and that the circumstance that the hero of the "Waltharius" poems loses his right hand in battle may be significant, linking him to the Norse tradition of Tyr.As of 2014, 43.5% of all known bearers of the surname "Walter" were residents of Germany (frequency 1