Wolfdietrich
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.5|Wolfdietrich attacking the dragons. From Heidelberg, Universitätsbiblothek, Cpg 365, folios 1v and 2r.
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Genre
- epic poem
- Follows
- Ortnit
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Wolfdietrich
- name in native language
- Wolfditrich
- language of work or name
- Middle High German
- form of creative work
- poem
- time period
- Middle Ages
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Versions
- The story
- Ortnit A
- Wolfdietrich A
- Origins
- Form and structure
- Manuscripts and printed books
- ''Wolfdietrich A''
- ''Wolfdietrich B''
- ''Wolfdietrich C''
- ''Wolfdietrich D''
- The Strassburg Heldenbuch
- Editions
- Translations
- Notes
- References
- External links
- Facsimiles
- Manuscripts
- The Strassburg Heldenbuch
thumb|upright=1.5|Wolfdietrich attacking the dragons. From Heidelberg, Universitätsbiblothek, Cpg 365, folios 1v and 2r.
Wolfdietrich is the eponymous protagonist of the Middle High German heroic epic Wolfdietrich. First written down in strophic form in around 1230 by an anonymous author, it survives in four main versions, widely differing in scope and content, and largely independent of each other.
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