Hildebrandslied
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Hildebrandslied is an early medieval Old High German heroic poem that recounts a tragic duel between a father and son and is one of the oldest surviving works in the German language.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
German heroic lay
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Old High German heroic poem ⓘ early medieval poem ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 830 GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Carolingian Renaissance GENERATED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter | Dietrich von Bern GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Frankish Empire GENERATED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
earliest substantial monument of Old High German poetry
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one of the oldest surviving works in the German language GENERATED ⓘ |
| currentRepository | Universitätsbibliothek Kassel GENERATED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 9th century GENERATED ⓘ |
| ending | incomplete GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstEdition | published 1729 by Johann Georg von Eckhart GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre | heroic poetry GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
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Modern German GENERATED ⓘ many modern languages GENERATED ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
historical linguistics of German
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study of Germanic heroic legend GENERATED ⓘ |
| language | Old High German GENERATED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Germanic heroic tradition GENERATED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hadubrand
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Hildebrand GENERATED ⓘ |
| manuscript | Kassel manuscript GENERATED ⓘ |
| manuscriptLocation | Kassel, Germany GENERATED ⓘ |
| meter | alliterative verse GENERATED ⓘ |
| motif |
returning exile
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unknowing combat between relatives GENERATED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | dialogue-based narrative GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 68 GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalLanguageScript | Latin alphabet GENERATED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Fulda Abbey GENERATED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Hildebrand meets his son Hadubrand in battle after long exile and they fight without recognizing their kinship GENERATED ⓘ |
| probablePlaceOfComposition | Fulda GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedMotif | Hildebrand legend GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Jüngeres Hildebrandslied
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Þiðreks saga GENERATED ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Germanic philology
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medieval German studies GENERATED ⓘ |
| script | Carolingian minuscule GENERATED ⓘ |
| setting | heroic-legendary Germanic world GENERATED ⓘ |
| textualState | fragmentary GENERATED ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between kinship and warrior honor
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fate and inevitability GENERATED ⓘ loyalty and betrayal GENERATED ⓘ tragic duel between father and son GENERATED ⓘ |
| writtenOn | Codex Kassel 2° Ms. theol. 54 GENERATED ⓘ |
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