!!!Heldenepen

Epics, mostly anonymous medieval narrative poems of epic-heroic 
character, whose subjects (in the German-speaking countries) derive 
from the (originally oral) tradition of Germanic legends and heroic 
poems. Their roots go back to the time of the Migration of Germanic 
Peoples or even further. The major epics were based on the legend 
cycles involving the Nibelungs, Dietrich von Bern, Wolfdietrich and 
Ornit, and the Hilde-Kudrun cycle. These epic poems were mostly 
produced in connection with major, often tragic, events (death and 
destruction) and celebrated virtues such as honour, loyalty, courage 
and the love of fighting. The various cycles which were written down, 
particularly in Austria, from the 13th century onwards and often in 
different versions, include the  Nibelungenlied(ca. 1200), the  
Kudrunepic (1230/40) and a major part of the  Dietrich Epics. They 
were produced in simplified versions, partly in prose (Volksbuecher) 
and collected in what were called Heldenbuecher ("Books of Heroes") in 
the late Middle Ages. The best-known of these is the  Ambraser 
Heldenbuch.


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