Hunting Birds in German Epic and Courtly Romance

The article examines the functions of birds of prey in medieval German epic poems and chivalric romance. Despite a number of common European meanings assigned to falcons and hawks in medieval bestiaries and hunting treatises, the semantics of hunting birds may have differed significantly in works of...

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Published in:Studia Litterarum
Main Author: Alyona V. Khokhlova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2023-06-01
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Online Access:https://studlit.ru/images/2023-8-2/04_Khokhlova_68-85.pdf