LL-L "Folklore" 2002.12.14 (03) [A/E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2002.12.13 (01) [A/E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Folklore
>
.....[deleted]

> As far as I know, the Lowlands Saxon (Low German)
> region, like Scandinavia
> and much of the Frisian regions do not have Celtic
> strata (their
> pre-Germanic ethnicities being unknown), nor were
> they ever integrated into
> the Pax Romana (the Roman legions having been sent
> packing by the Germanic
> tribes that inhabited the then densely wooded parts
> of Europe).  It would be
> interesting to look at major folkloristic
> differences in these two regions.
... [deleted]

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A personal note:
It is my deepest conviction that Celtic and Germanic
religion / rituals / folklore are pretty much the
same.
Not only in depth structure, but also surprisingly
much in 'the-year-round-traditions'. We must not be
confused by eg. the differences in names and stories
of the catalogue of Celtic heroes and gods, compared
with the Germanic 'religious' catalogue. In other
words: I'm convinced that the Indo-European religious
archetypes are shining through in both societies.

[small note besides: The town of Lyon in France got
its name from the Celtic god Lugden. The town of
Leiden in The Netherlands got its name from the same
Lugden: Lugden Batavorum].

vr. gr. Theo Homan

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From: Marcel Bas mrbas_26 at hotmail.com
Subject: LL-L "Folklore" 2002.12.13 (01) [A/E]

Haai Elsie,

Jy wonder of my bewering dat die  Afrikaanse woord _nikker_ 'duiwel'
beteken, korrek is. Ek het vir bevestiging in die Handwoordeboek van die
Afrikaanse Taal (HAT) gesoek vir die woord en daar staan: "nikker - bose
gees. Mv. 'nikkers'." Dus die betekenis is sowat dieselfde.
Maar die woord _Niek_ vir 'duiwel' is darem ook interessant.

Groetnis, Marcel.

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