Motif Index of German Secular Narratives                 
Published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
 Introduction   Matière de Bretagne   Chansons de Geste   Miscellaneous Romances   Oriental Romances   Heroic Epic   Maere and Novellas   Romances of Antiquity   Index 

Wessobrunner Gebet (>800)

WeG-1
 

Maere and Novellas

Wessobrunner Gebet (>800)
Haug, W./Vollmann, B.K.(ed.): Frühe deutsche Literatur und lateinische Literatur in Deutschland 800–1150. Frankfurt/Main 1991. p. 48sq. and p. 1063–1068

WeG-1:   In the beginning nothing at all existed: no earth, heaven, trees, mountains, stars, son, moon, sea; (5) God had been in existence for a very long time, even longer than his holy spirits. God as the creator of heaven and earth has given many things to human beings. Prayer to God for mercy, strong faith, wisdom, resistance against all evil.
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A 610 Creation of the universe by creator – The creator is existing before all things