Iwein
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Iwein is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes' Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it te
Fresco from the Iwein cycle at Castle Rodenegg: Iwein fights Aschelon (Askalon).
Two scenes from the Iwein frescoes at Schloss Rodenegg: The stone on the spring is watered (left), and the Woodsman (right).
Ywain
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Ywain, also known as Yvain and Owain, is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Tradition often portrays him as the son of King Urien of Gorre and of either the supernatural figure Modro
Iwein
…written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes' Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. It was written after Hartmann's Erec, and is generally taken to be his last work. The poem tells how Iwein…
The attributed arms of Yvian (Yriam), son of King Urien (Nurier)
Yvain saving the lion from a dragon in a 15th-century French illustration for Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
Iwein (Yvain) is cured of madness in a 1851 German fresco at the Schwerin Castle in Mecklenburg