Heliand

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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

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian poem
Old Saxon poem
biblical epic
epic poem
medieval literature work
attributedTo Saxon poet
author unknown
basedOn New Testament Gospels
linked to: Gospels

Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
centuryOfWork 9th century
commissionedBy Emperor Louis the Pious
containsCharacter Jesus
linked to: Jesus Christ

John the Baptist
Mary
Peter
countryOfOrigin 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 Latin Christianity
script Carolingian minuscule
setting transposed into early medieval Saxon-Germanic world
studiedInDiscipline Germanic philology
medieval studies
theology
survivesAs incomplete text
titleMeaning Saviour
linked to: Savior

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Saxon hasText Heliand
Old Saxon hasText Old Saxon Genesis
linked to: Heliand
Altsächsisch notableWork Heliand
Altsächsisch notableWork Altsächsische Genesis
linked to: Heliand