<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 03 August 2007 - Volume 06</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_marless@gmx.de" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"M.-L. Lessing" <<a href="mailto:marless@gmx.de">marless@gmx.de
</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "Literature" 2007.08.03 (05) [E/LS]</span><br><br><div><font face="Times New Roman">Dank Di, leve Reinhard, för de kaptaale
Transkription! Bloots een Saak verblüfft mi: Kennst Du den Nis Puuk nich? Mit
"Nest" un sowat hett dat nix to doon. Reinhard, wenn Du Dinen Nis Puuk, Dinen
Huuskobold, nich kennst, denn hest Du em sachs argerlich maakt? Dat is en
lege Saak, denn denn kann Di allens Möögliche passeern. Denn ramentert he
nachtens in't Hus, Saken fallt dal, dat Veehtüüch blifft dood usw. Is Di
villicht en Veeh doodbleven? Süh, Du hest Di nich goodstellt mit Nis. Stell em
man in de Wiehnachtsnacht en Schöttel mit Dickmelk vör de Döör, dat versöhnt em
villicht. So warrt seggt. Anner seggt avers, he mag Grütt lever. Probeer dat man
allens ut, anners mööt wi bang ween üm Di!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">Besorgte Gröten</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">Marlou<br><br><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></font><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></span><span id="_user_marless@gmx.de" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: Folklore</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Och, ja, Marlou, nu besinn ik mi wedder, dankens Di. Ik kenn em man as Niss Puck, un dat mit "Puuk" harr ik daar nich mit verbunnen.
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Niks f</span><font style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman">ör ungood, leve Niss! Ik b
</font><font style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman">ün ook wedder arig.<br><br>Folks, Marlou reminded me of a North German house spirit named Niss Puck, whom she mentioned in her translation as "Nis Puuk," which is why I didn't recognize him. Obviously he's related to the Welsh Pwc (
<span style="font-style: italic;">pwca</span>) Heather talked about a few days ago, also to the Irish </font><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Púka, the</span><font style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman">
Frisian Puk, the Icelandic </font><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Púki and the German Putz, and of course also to Puck in Shakespeare's </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Midsummer Night's Dream</span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Apparently, this figure began as a nature spirit. In Ireland, goats are often referred to as "puck." This leads me to suspect that there is a connection with the faun Pan (Greek
<span style="font-style: italic;">Πάν</span>, and various satyrs) of the Mediterranean region.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Any ideas with a Lowlands focus?</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"></div><br>