Heliand
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Heliand is a 9th-century Old Saxon epic poem that retells the life of Jesus in the style of a Germanic heroic saga.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heliand canonical | 2 |
| Altsächsische Genesis | 1 |
| Old Saxon Genesis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1157232 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heliand Context triple: [Old Saxon, hasText, Heliand]
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A.
Hildebrandslied
Hildebrandslied is an early medieval Old High German heroic poem that recounts a tragic duel between a father and son and is one of the oldest surviving works in the German language.
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B.
Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior as he battles monsters and a dragon, and is considered one of the most important works of early English literature.
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C.
The Dream of the Rood
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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D.
Prose Edda
The Prose Edda is a 13th-century Icelandic work by Snorri Sturluson that systematizes Norse mythology and serves as a key source for understanding the Old Norse gods, cosmology, and heroic legends.
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E.
Merseburg Incantations
The Merseburg Incantations are a pair of early medieval Germanic pagan charms preserved in a 10th-century manuscript, notable as the only known examples of pre-Christian Old High German magical poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heliand Target entity description: Heliand is a 9th-century Old Saxon epic poem that retells the life of Jesus in the style of a Germanic heroic saga.
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A.
Hildebrandslied
Hildebrandslied is an early medieval Old High German heroic poem that recounts a tragic duel between a father and son and is one of the oldest surviving works in the German language.
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B.
Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior as he battles monsters and a dragon, and is considered one of the most important works of early English literature.
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C.
The Dream of the Rood
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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D.
Prose Edda
The Prose Edda is a 13th-century Icelandic work by Snorri Sturluson that systematizes Norse mythology and serves as a key source for understanding the Old Norse gods, cosmology, and heroic legends.
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E.
Merseburg Incantations
The Merseburg Incantations are a pair of early medieval Germanic pagan charms preserved in a 10th-century manuscript, notable as the only known examples of pre-Christian Old High German magical poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian poem
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Old Saxon poem ⓘ biblical epic ⓘ epic poem ⓘ medieval literature work ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Saxon poet ⓘ |
| author | unknown ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gospels
ⓘ
surface form:
New Testament Gospels
Vulgate ⓘ
surface form:
Vulgate Bible
|
| centuryOfWork | 9th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
John the Baptist ⓘ Mary ⓘ Peter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of the Franks
ⓘ
surface form:
Frankish Empire
|
| culturalContext | Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 9th century ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical paraphrase
ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ Modern German ⓘ |
| influenced |
Middle High German religious poetry
ⓘ
studies of Germanic Christianity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Germanic heroic poetry
ⓘ
oral epic tradition ⓘ |
| language | Old Saxon ⓘ |
| literaryForm | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Old Saxon literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gospels
ⓘ
life of Jesus ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition |
London manuscript
ⓘ
Munich manuscript ⓘ |
| meter | alliterative long line ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | Germanic heroic saga ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Old Saxon ⓘ |
| purpose |
Christianization of the Saxons
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to present the Gospel in a form accessible to Saxons ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Western Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Christianity
|
| script | Carolingian minuscule ⓘ |
| setting | transposed into early medieval Saxon-Germanic world ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Germanic philology
ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| survivesAs | incomplete text ⓘ |
| titleMeaning |
Savior
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surface form:
Saviour
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heliand Description of subject: Heliand is a 9th-century Old Saxon epic poem that retells the life of Jesus in the style of a Germanic heroic saga.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Altsächsische Genesis