Eugène Sue introduces a Wandering Jew in his novel called Le Juif Errant (1845). Galt has also a novel called The Wandering Jew.
Poetical versions of the legend have been made by A. W. von Schlegal, Die Warnung; by Schubert, Ahasuer; by Goethe, Aus Meinem Leben, all in German. By Mrs. Norton, The Undying One, in English, etc. The legend is based on St. John’s Gospel xxi. 22. “If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?” The apostles thought the words meant that John would not die, but tradition has applied them to some one else.
Wandering Knight (The), El Donzel del Febo (“the Knight of the Sun”), is so called in the Spanish romance entitled The Mirror of Knighthood. Eumen´edês is so called in Peele’s Old Wives’ Tale (1590).
Wandering Willie, the blind fiddler, who tells the tale about Sir Robert Redgauntlet, and his son, Sir John.--Sir W. Scott, Redgauntlet (time, George III.).
Wandering Wood which contained the den of Error. Error was a monster, like a woman upwards, but ending in a huge dragon’s tail with a venomous sting. The first encounter of the Red Cross Knight was with this monster whom he slew.--Spenser, Faëry Queen, i. 1 (1590).
⁂ When piety (the Red Cross Knight) once forsakes the oneness of truth (Una), it is sure to get into “Wandering Wood,” where it will be attacked by “Error.”
Wantley (Dragon of), a monster slain by More of More Hall, who procured a suit of armor studded with spikes, and, proceeding to the lair, kicked the dragon in its mouth, where alone it was vulnerable.--Percy, Reliques of Ancient Poetry.
One of Carey’s farces is entitled The Dragon of Wantley.
War of Wartburg, a poetic contest at Wartburg’s Castle, in which Vogelweid triumphed over Heinrich von Ofterdingen.
They renewed the war of Wartburg,