Muspilli
Sign in to saveMuspilli is an Old High German alliterative verse poem known in incomplete form (103 lines) from a ninth-century Bavarian manuscript. Its subject is the fate of the soul immediately after death and at the Last Judgment. Many aspects of the interpretation of the poem, including its title, remain controversial among scholars.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Muspilli is referenced by 28 other articles, and connects out to Bavarian State Library, Bavaria and Charlemagne.
It sits within the topics Christian apocalyptic writings, Epic poems in German and Germanic Christianity.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Country
- Germany
- Collection
- Bavarian State Library
- Image
- Muspilli.jpg
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- Commons category
- Muspilli
- language of work or name
- Old High German
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- form of creative work
- poem
- publication date
- 0870-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Manuscript
- Metrical form
- Synopsis
- Etymology
- Critical reception
- Genetic approaches: sources and parallels
- Multiple or single authorship?
- Identifying the work's intended purpose
- Interpretation
- Theological basis
- Elias and the Antichrist
- Two opposing views?
- Elias's blood
- Legal aspects
- The lost ending
- ''Muspilli'' in literature, music and film
- Musical compositions
- Other arts
- Notes
- References
- Critical editions
- Bibliography
- External links
Muspilli is an Old High German alliterative verse poem known in incomplete form (103 lines) from a ninth-century Bavarian manuscript. Its subject is the fate of the soul immediately after death and at the Last Judgment. Many aspects of the interpretation of the poem, including its title, remain controversial among scholars.
thumb|right|Parts of the Muspilli at the bottom of a page of the manuscript once in the possession of Louis the German
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