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Wolfram von Eschenbach

American  
[vawl-frahm fuhn esh-uhn-bahkh, wool-fruhm von esh-uhn-bahkh, -bahk] / ˈvɔl frɑm fən ˈɛʃ ənˌbɑx, ˈwʊl frəm vɒn ˈɛʃ ənˌbɑx, -ˌbɑk /

noun

  1. c1170–c1220, German poet.


Wolfram von Eschenbach British  
/ ˈvɔlfram fɔn ˈɛʃənbax /

noun

  1. died ?1220, German poet: author of the epic Parzival, incorporating the story of the Grail

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This—mostly German—version of the Grail legend—has been used by Wolfram von Eschenbach for a long and famous epic, and by Wagner for his operas Parzival and Lohengrin.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

In the same way Robert de Borron, Chretien de Troyes, Wolfram von Eschenbach, are all referred to as sources without any justification in fact.

From From Ritual to Romance by Weston, Jessie Laidlay

Here and there a Wolfram von Eschenbach essays the feat of reconciling poetry with religion in the picture of the perfect knight.

From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)

In the poem of Wolfram von Eschenbach it is a stone endowed with magical properties.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

The minnesinger Wolfram von Eschenbach based his Willehalm on a French original which must have differed from the versions we have.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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