Valentine and Orson

medieval romance attached to the Carolingian circle
VisualArtwork literary_work Q2544042
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Summary

Valentine and Orson is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: chivalric romance[3]
  • Commons category: Valentine and Orson[4]
  • Language of work or name: Middle Low German[5]
  • Publication date: 1500[6]
  • Derivative work: Q141149601[7]
  • Narrative motif: dragon helps hero out of gratitude[8], sacrifice of human being to dragon[9], man suckled by siren[10], building site determined by halting of animal[11], speaking bird[12], helpful lion[13], helpful serpent[14], animal nurse[15], animals direct person on journey[16], lion leads lost king from forest[17], animal as guard of person or house[18], human offspring from marriage to animal[19], The Bear's Son[20], animal tamed by maiden's beauty[21]
  • Form of creative work: poem[22]

Why It Matters

Valentine and Orson is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: Volume 1: A–C. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Loenstock · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'ig', 'nl']
    Arlima id → 1720
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  2. 8w ago · Loenstock · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → literary work
    Narrative motif → dragon helps hero out of gratitude, sacrifice of human being to dragon, man suckled by siren +15
    Publication date → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Derivative work: Q141149601"
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