Editing Fastrada (section)

==Legend and popular culture==
The Fastrada legend tells of a magic ring that Fastrada is said to have received from Charlemagne.<ref>{{cite book |author=anonymous |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27499/27499-h/27499-h.htm#Page_100 |title=Folk-lore and Legends: Germany |date=1892 |publisher=W.W. Gibbings, London}}</ref> This ring, the stone of which was a gift from a snake, bound Charlemagne to Fastrada in such a way that he did not want to release her corpse for burial even when it was already beginning to decompose. Eventually Archbishop [[Tilpin|Turpin of Reims]] took the ring and threw it in a lake near [[Aachen]].<ref>{{citation|surname1=[[Wilhelm Ruland]]|periodical=Rheinisches Sagenbuch|title=Der Ring der Fastrada|publication-place=Köln|date=1896|language=German|url=https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/ruland/rheinsag/chap025.html
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The [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] musical ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]'' features a stylized Fastrada, portrayed by [[Leland Palmer (actress)|Leland Palmer]] in the original 1972 Broadway cast, by [[Chita Rivera]] in the 1981 television film, and by [[Charlotte d'Amboise]] in the 2013 Broadway revival.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pippin 2013|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/13994/Pippin|accessdate=30 June 2015|publisher=[[Playbill]]}}</ref>