 "Tristrant" is part of the "common" or "primitive" branch of the legend, best known through Béroul's fragmentary Norman language "Tristan".It is German literature's first rendition of the story, though Gottfried von Strassburg's "Tristan", part of the "courtly" branch, is more famous and respected.It is usually considered that Eilhart adapted his work from a French source, likely the same one used by Béroul, but the differences between "Tristrant" and Béroul's work suggest that Eilhart was not particularly faithful to the original.