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    codex and printed book contain a prose essay, now called the Heldenbuch-Prosa ("Heldenbuch Prose"), which provides a "history" of all the heroes in the...
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    alluded to in the Nibelungenlied. The so-called "Heldenbuch-Prosa", first found in the 1480 Heldenbuch of Diebolt von Hanowe and afterwards contained in...
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    Rosengarten's obvious knowledge of the earlier poem. The Heldenbuch-Prosa, first found in the 1480 Heldenbuch of Diebolt von Hanowe and afterwards contained in...
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    heroic poetry, the Ambraser Heldenbuch. According to the Heldenbuch-Prosa, a prose preface to the manuscript Heldenbuch of Diebolt von Hanowe from 1480...
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    pit, whereas Eggerich helps Dietrich and Hildebrand escape. In the Heldenbuch-Prosa, a dwarf takes Dietrich out of this world after the death of all the...
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    Heldenbücher ("books of heroes"); the Heldenbuch of Diebolt von Hanau (after 1475) contains a text known as the Heldenbuch-Prosa which provides a brief history...
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  • in the West of the mysterious East. In the Heldenbuch-Prosa, a prose preface to the manuscript Heldenbuch of Diebolt von Hanowe from 1480, the demon Machmet...
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  • Flucht, Dietrich von Bern's father Dietmar founds Bern, whereas in the Heldenbuch-Prosa the city is constructed by Dietrich's real father, the demon Machmet...
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    Heldenbuch-Prosa, Kriemhild/Grimhild deliberately provokes Hagen/Högni1 by having the child slap him. Nibelungenlied, Þiðreks saga, Heldenbuch-Prosa Ortnit...
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    Trier wooed the queen of Jerusalem. In the Heldenbuch-Prosa, Erntehelle is a king of Trier and the first hero. Skáldskaparmál Orendel, Heldenbuch-Prosa...
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    In Wolfdietrich d, Wolfdietrich kills them. Ornit, Wolfdietrich, Heldenbuch-Prosa Vésete Old Norse: Véseti, Old Norse: Viðseti Fictive. The name means...
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    Þiðreks saga, Dietrichs Flucht, Rabenschlacht, Biterolf und Dietleib, Heldenbuch-Prosa Rumelher Middle High German: Rûmelher Possibly based on MHG rumelen...
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    brother. Widsith Þiðreks saga, Biterolf und Dietleib, Wolfdietrich, Heldenbuch-Prosa Hadawardus Latin: Hadawardus Wilhelm Grimm suggests that he may have...
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    comes from alternative versions in oral circulation. The late medieval Heldenbuch-Prosa corroborates the Thidrekssaga's version of the story of why Sibeche...
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    Rabenschlacht—Michael Curschmann has suggested a common oral source for both. The Heldenbuch-Prosa reports that Dietrich killed Siegfried in the rose garden, suggesting...
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    Þjóðrekr's father in Guðrúnarkviða III. Þiðreks saga, Dietrichs Flucht, Heldenbuch-Prosa Dietrich von Bern Old High German: Deotrîch, Old English: Þēodrīc,...
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    Dietrich und Fasolt, Laurin, Virginal, Wunderer, Ermenrichs Tod, Heldenbuch-Prosa, Jüngeres Hildebrandslied Hildeburh1 The first element is PGmc *hildjō-...
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    responsible for taking Dietrich away after the final battle at Bern in the Heldenbuch-Prosa, telling him "his kingdom is no longer in this world." Laurin was a...
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    about her. The text breaks off in the middle of his speech. From the Heldenbuch-Prosa we know that the girl's name is Herlin, a princess from Portugal. King...
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    Högni. Waltharius, Rosengarten zu Worms, Lied vom Hürnen Seyfrid, Heldenbuch-Prosa Gjuki Högnason Old Norse: Gjúki Hǫgnason See Gjuki above. The son of...
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  • later date than the work they record. An extreme case is the Ambraser Heldenbuch, compiled 1504–1516, which includes texts of Hartmann von Aue's Erec and...
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