Heliand
E132139
Heliand is a 9th-century Old Saxon epic poem that retells the life of Jesus in the style of a Germanic heroic saga.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heliand canonical | 2 |
| Altsächsische Genesis | 1 |
| Old Saxon Genesis | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian poem
ⓘ
Old Saxon poem ⓘ biblical epic ⓘ epic poem ⓘ medieval literature work ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Saxon poet ⓘ |
| author | unknown ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gospels
ⓘ
surface form:
New Testament Gospels
Vulgate ⓘ
surface form:
Vulgate Bible
|
| centuryOfWork | 9th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
John the Baptist ⓘ Mary ⓘ Peter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of the Franks
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankish Empire
|
| culturalContext | Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 9th century ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical paraphrase
ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ Modern German ⓘ |
| influenced |
Middle High German religious poetry
ⓘ
studies of Germanic Christianity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Germanic heroic poetry
ⓘ
oral epic tradition ⓘ |
| language | Old Saxon ⓘ |
| literaryForm | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Old Saxon literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gospels
ⓘ
life of Jesus ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition |
London manuscript
ⓘ
Munich manuscript ⓘ |
| meter | alliterative long line ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | Germanic heroic saga ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Old Saxon ⓘ |
| purpose |
Christianization of the Saxons
ⓘ
to present the Gospel in a form accessible to Saxons ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Western Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Christianity
|
| script | Carolingian minuscule ⓘ |
| setting | transposed into early medieval Saxon-Germanic world ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Germanic philology
ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| survivesAs | incomplete text ⓘ |
| titleMeaning |
Savior
ⓘ
surface form:
Saviour
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Altsächsische Genesis