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Re: The etymology of the German Hell...

Subject: Re: The etymology of the German Hell...
From: "Franz Gnaedinger"
Date: 31 Aug 2006 01:23:33 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.lang
Heidi Graw wrote:

> Franzelchen strutting his stuff, nose in the air, thumbs in his pockets, "I
> gots me a classle edumacash'n."  ;-)
>
> Just teasing you a little... ;-)

Sorry if I sounded arrogant. I am no native speaker
of English. What I meant to say was that we got
a classical humanistic education or indoctrination:
all about Rome, plenty about Greece and the Holy
Land, little about Nordic mythology, almost nothing
about Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, little about
Africa, Australia, and the Americas.

> Franz,  you're a smart guy.  Perhaps I can persuade you to study the Eddas
> in your spare time.  As that Swiss Alpine person, I would think it's almost
> a duty that you do so!  The Lore is in your blood, Franzelchen!  Remember
> those memes?  Don't forget those memes?  ;-)

Why don't you give us your summary of the Edda,
Heidilein Heidemariechen Heideroeschen? Can
you tell me about the tree of life - Ygdrasil? is it
rooted in the Underworld? My method applied
to "Hel" revelead KAL as Magdalenian root of
the word for the Underworld, and it had a positive
meaning, while mining for metal must have been
the reason why hell and Hoelle are entirely negative.

As for the Swiss Alps: I love them. I would also like
Canada, where you are living, Heideroeselchen,
far away in kilometers, rather close on the map
of my soul. Do you know that many Swiss farmers
emigrate to Canada?

Regards   Franz Gnaedinger   (reconvalescent)


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