Enite's dominion over the horses: notes on the coalescence of Platonic and hagiographic elements in an episode from Hartmann's 'Erec.' (Hartmann von Aue) From: Medium Aevum | Date: September 22, 1994| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1994 Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The episode in which the horses submit to Enite in Hartmann von Aue's 'Erec' represents a topos derived from hagiography combined with elements of Platonism. Although the work is based on 'Erec et Enide' by Chretien de Troyes, the episode under consideration is an interpolation by Hartmann. The horses are tamed through the intervention of Lady Felicity and Divine Courtesy, who function as goddesses, while the topos of friendship with wild beasts is common in hagiography. The descent of the goddesses and transformation of the animals exemplifies the Platonic image of the Great Chain of Being.

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