The Dream of the Rood

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The Dream of the Rood is an Old English Christian poem that presents a visionary, first-person account of Christ’s crucifixion narrated by the Cross itself.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
The Dream of the Rood canonical 7
"The Dream of the Rood" 1
A Dream of the Rood 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian poem ⓘ
Old English poem ⓘ
religious visionary poem ⓘ
audience Christian Anglo-Saxon audience ⓘ
authorshipStatus anonymous ⓘ
character Christ ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

the Dreamer ⓘ
the Rood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dateWritten circa 8th century ⓘ
earliestCompositionDate 7th or 8th century ⓘ
form alliterative verse ⓘ
genre Christian devotional literature ⓘ
dream vision ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
influence Anglo-Saxon devotional tradition ⓘ
inscriptionSource Ruthwell Cross ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
length approximately 156 lines in the Vercelli version ⓘ
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
personification of the Cross ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ
literaryPeriod Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
literarySignificance major work of Old English religious poetry ⓘ
one of the earliest Christian poems in English ⓘ
mainTheme Crucifixion of Christ ⓘ
manuscriptLocation Vercelli Book ⓘ
linked to: Nowell Codex
manuscriptRepository Cathedral Library, Vercelli ⓘ
manuscriptWitness Vercelli Book ⓘ
linked to: Nowell Codex
meter Old English alliterative meter ⓘ
motif dream vision ⓘ
heroic Christ ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
speaking cross ⓘ
suffering and redemption ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person account by the Cross ⓘ
narrator the Cross of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Christian cross

the Rood ⓘ
originalScript Insular minuscule ⓘ
portrayalOfChrist heroic warrior ⓘ
possibleAuthor Cynewulf ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
setting visionary dream ⓘ
structure framed dream narrative ⓘ
symbol Christ as lord and warrior ⓘ
Cross as both tree and instrument of salvation ⓘ
theologicalTheme atonement ⓘ
resurrection hope ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
tone reverent and heroic ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Old English → hasLiteraryWork → The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
Ruthwell Cross inscriptions → containsExcerptFrom → The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
Ruthwell Cross inscriptions → associatedWith → The Dream of the Rood tradition ⓘ
linked to: The Dream of the Rood
The Rood → appearsIn → The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
subject linked to: the Rood
Anglo-Saxon literature → notableWork → The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
the Dreamer → appearsIn → "The Dream of the Rood" ⓘ
linked to: The Dream of the Rood
Vercelli Book → contains → The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
Ruthwell Cross → hasTextualAssociation → The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
Codex CXVII → contains → The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
The Branch Will Not Break → hasPoem → A Dream of the Rood ⓘ
linked to: The Dream of the Rood