Þiðrekssaga
The story of Þiðrekssaga originated in the 13th century. Völund was commanded by King Nidung to shoot an apple off his three-year-old son's head. It continues in the same manner as the legend of William Tell with minor changes in the story. Again, this shows that the legend of Tell was almost certainly based on a previous story.
"The Þiðrekssaga had considerable influence on Swedish historiography as the saga identified the country of Vilkinaland with Sweden and so its line of kings was added to the Swedish line of kings.[5] In spite of the fact that the early scholar Olaus Petri was critical, these kings were considered to have been historic Swedish kings until fairly recent times.[5] The historicity of the kings of Vilkinaland was further boosted in 1634 when Johannes Bureus discovered the Norwegian parchment that had arrived in Sweden in the 15th century.[5]" (Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_about_Theoderic_the_Great#The_Thidrekssaga)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_an_apple_off_one's_child's_head
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_about_Theoderic_the_Great#The_Thidrekssaga
"The Þiðrekssaga had considerable influence on Swedish historiography as the saga identified the country of Vilkinaland with Sweden and so its line of kings was added to the Swedish line of kings.[5] In spite of the fact that the early scholar Olaus Petri was critical, these kings were considered to have been historic Swedish kings until fairly recent times.[5] The historicity of the kings of Vilkinaland was further boosted in 1634 when Johannes Bureus discovered the Norwegian parchment that had arrived in Sweden in the 15th century.[5]" (Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_about_Theoderic_the_Great#The_Thidrekssaga)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_an_apple_off_one's_child's_head
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_about_Theoderic_the_Great#The_Thidrekssaga