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The wild man, or wild man of the woods, is a mythical figure and motif resembling a hairy human that appears in the art and literature of medieval Europe. Generally they are considered a large-stature
Wild men support coats of arms in the side panels in Portrait of Oswald Krell [fr] (1499) by Albrecht Dürer—Alte Pinakothek museum, Munich.
Wild men support coats of arms in the side panels in Portrait of Oswald Krell [fr] (1499) by Albrecht Dürer—Alte Pinakothek museum, Munich.
The Fight in the Forest, drawing by Hans Burgkmair, possibly of a scene from the Middle High German poem Sigenot, about Dietrich von Bern
The Fight in the Forest, drawing by Hans Burgkmair, possibly of a scene from the Middle High German poem Sigenot, about Dietrich von Bern
The fearsome Rûel (considered a wild woman) carrying off Wigalois
The fearsome Rûel (considered a wild woman) carrying off Wigalois
Wilde Frauen/Fräulein of the woods.—Woodcut by Maria Braun (1921)
Wilde Frauen/Fräulein of the woods.—Woodcut by Maria Braun (1921)