Merseburg Incantations
E17593
The Merseburg Incantations are a pair of early medieval Germanic pagan charms preserved in a 10th-century manuscript, notable as the only known examples of pre-Christian Old High German magical poetry.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Merseburg Incantation | 0 |
| Second Merseburg Incantation | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old High German poem
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charm ⓘ healing charm ⓘ literary work ⓘ medieval charm ⓘ pagan incantation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Germanic mythology
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Old High German literature GENERATED ⓘ |
| contains |
First Merseburg Incantation
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Second Merseburg Incantation GENERATED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany GENERATED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Germanic GENERATED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | before Christianization of Germanic peoples GENERATED ⓘ |
| dateOfManuscript | 10th century GENERATED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Georg Waitz GENERATED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1841 GENERATED ⓘ |
| form | short poetic text GENERATED ⓘ |
| foundIn | Merseburg Cathedral library GENERATED ⓘ |
| function |
healing of a horse’s sprained limb
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release of prisoners GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre | magical poetry GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
multiple English translations
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multiple modern German translations GENERATED ⓘ |
| influenced | modern reconstructions of Germanic pagan practice GENERATED ⓘ |
| language | Old High German GENERATED ⓘ |
| manuscriptLocation | Merseburg Cathedral Chapter Library GENERATED ⓘ |
| manuscriptShelfmark | Codex 136, folio 85r GENERATED ⓘ |
| mentionsDeity |
Balder
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Frija GENERATED ⓘ Phol GENERATED ⓘ Sinthgunt GENERATED ⓘ Sunna GENERATED ⓘ Volla GENERATED ⓘ Wodan GENERATED ⓘ |
| meter | alliterative verse GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableAs | only known examples of pre-Christian Old High German magical poetry GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 2 GENERATED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | 10th-century manuscript GENERATED ⓘ |
| region | East Francia GENERATED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Germanic paganism GENERATED ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Germanic philology
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medieval studies GENERATED ⓘ |
| script | Carolingian minuscule GENERATED ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Jacob Grimm GENERATED ⓘ |
| theme |
magical liberation
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veterinary magic GENERATED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Middle Ages GENERATED ⓘ |
| typeOfMagic | verbal charm GENERATED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet GENERATED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.