LL-L "Mythology" 2004.10.21 (01) [E]

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Mythology" 2004.10.20 (05) [E]

> From: Global Moose Translations
> <globalmoose at t-online.de>
> Subject: LL-L "Mythology" 2004.10.17 (01) [E]
>
> Theo wrote:
> > OK, Gabriele, [as always I admire your unlimited
> > knowledge], but do you think that falling back on
> a German translation is a good point?
> > See eg. the german translation "goetterdaemerung"
> of something that better should have been translated
> with "the ups and downs of the higher powers" or
> something > like.
>
> Well, sorry, but my unlimited knowledge happened to
> be limited to the German
> term...
> By the way, "Götterdämmerung" is exactly the same as
> "twilight of the gods",
> no?
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Well, again I couldn't control myself. All is forgiven.
It is just that some translations in german have had such a high impact. In
oldicelandic the words 'events' and 'twilight' are very much alike, and they
didn't got it right themselves.
And I myself don't favour the translation of 'gods' for the word 'regin'.
So: 'the ups and downs of the higher powers'.
I suggest that the grandgranddaughter or -son of Wagner recompose the
'Goetterdaemerung'.

vr.gr.
Theo Homan

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