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Astolfo

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Gender Masculine
Usage Carolingian Cycle

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Italian form of Aistulf. In medieval Italian tales Astolfo is one of Charlemagne's knights, a cousin of Orlando and Rinaldo. He appears in the epic Orlando poems (1483 and 1532) by Boiardo and Ariosto.

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Rootsheisti + wolf

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animals, canines, conflict, literature, noise, painters, wolf
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Entry added April 23, 2024

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