 In Paulus' "Historia Langobardorum", the Lombards terrorize their neighbors by spreading the word that they had dog-headed warriors, possibly a reference to ulfhednar.In Paulus's account, Lamicho is one of seven sons of a "prostitute" ("meretrix"), who is fostered by king Agelmund.This "prostitute" has been explained by Rudolf Much (followed by Höfler and others) as going back to a word for bitch.