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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="PT-BR">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 14 March 2009 - Volume 02<br>
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From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Literature"</span><br>
<br>
Beste Ron,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">You wrote:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">By the
way, many have romanticized Störtebeker's life and have given him a type of
Robin Hood status, as reflected in the annual Störtebeker Plays on the Isle of
Rugia (Rügen). And they have quite vilified poor Simon. His statue in Hamburg was decapitated
in 1985:</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">OK, got it.
So the Hanze stands for proto capitalism and Störtebeker is (nowadays)
perceived as the savior of poor (Eastern) Germans. Please correct me if I'm
wrong. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Störtebeker's
name seems to be explained as "the one who swiftly downs his
mug"...may be true, but I'd like to add that in Brabantish
"störten" (stötn) means "to spill a liquid". Maybe
Störtebeker was just a clumsy drinker? Which doesn't need to be qualified as
negative, I remember being offered a drink in Ukraine, and more often than not,
the host didn't stop when my glass was full, but kept on pouring until he was
spilling over the side...just to show his generosity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">More here:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/dk4m4j" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/dk4m4j</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Kind
greetings,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Luc
Hellinckx</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: History<br>
<br>
Hi, Luc!<br>
<br>
I assume that this thing about Störtebeker's last name is a case of folk
etymology, perhaps already created in his lifetime ("Look how he pours
down the beer, true to his name!") <br>
<br>
If it were German it would be something like Stürz(e)bacher. The verb <i>störten</i>
(German <i>stürzen</i>) has basic meanings like "to fall heavily",
"to plummet", "to crash". In connection with <i>Bääk (Beek</i>)
(brook, rivulet) it suggests the rushing of fast streaming water.<br>
<br>
By the way, I also believe that his everyday first name was Claas or Klaas.
This would have been consistent with the language at that time (in a continuum
with the Dutch-speaking region). The Claus ~ Claas version probably came about
under (Greek <i>Νικόλαος</i> >) Latin (<i>Nicolaus</i>) and/or German (> <i>Nicolaus
~ Nikolaus</i> > <i>Claus ~ Klaus</i>) influences.<br>
<br>
See here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas#Male_variations">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas#Male_variations</a><br>
<br>
But -- who knows? -- maybe Meester Störtebeker began as a Bavarian or even -- shucks!
-- Austrian interloper named Nicolaus Stürzebacher. As you know, they can be
trouble. ;-)<br>
<br>
What you wrote about letting liquids overflow is a very widespread custom symbolizing
generosity and/or abundance ~ blessing. It is very much the custom connected with
Jewish blessings, such as those on the Eve of Sabbath (on Friday night). The celebrant
pours more wine into the chalice than it can hold and the liquid flows into a saucer. I
have observed this overflowing ritual in Central Asian and Chinese societies as well,
where it is reserved for hospitality and celebratory rituals. This one at least
I consider a Eurasian areal feature that reaches all the way across to Eastern Europe (at the very least).<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron</span></p>
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