 Question for our German-speaking members, Name that spirit! |
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 Jan 29 2013, 11:22 PM
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Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731  |
I need a Deutsche name for a free spirit. The entity in question is the former ally spirit of a German black magician elf, who became free upon his master's death. The spirit has quite a strong trickster vibe about him, so anything with that kind of connotation would be good. If possible, I'd also like it to sound cool. Danke, guys. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jan 29 2013, 11:55 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Scherzkeks?
Witzbold? Eulenspiegel? (a classic) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Eulenspiegel http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/fart.html#furrier http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/fart.html#innkeeper None of these are remotely cool, but they are the only ones fitting that come to mind right now . . Well, maybe Eulenspiegels first Name, which is Till. Same as this dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Lindemann |
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Jan 30 2013, 12:23 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
Eulenspiegel is actually perfect: very German-sounding, appropriate to the character, and as an added bonus, translates well into English as "Owlglass." Many thanks!
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Jan 30 2013, 12:26 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
No problem, being german is what i do ^^
And i don't get why it translates to Owlglass and not Owlmirror O.o |
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Jan 30 2013, 12:35 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
Basically because it's more poetic. "Looking glass" is an archaic term for "mirror."
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Jan 30 2013, 12:41 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
i thought looking glass was for magnifier/magnifying glass? O.o
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Jan 30 2013, 12:56 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jan 29 2013, 07:41 PM)  i thought looking glass was for magnifier/magnifying glass? O.o nope. there's a fairly well-known english novel "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" (think "Alice in Wonderland"), and it is very clearly referring to a mirror, not a magnifiying glass (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jan 30 2013, 09:40 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
ah ok . .
i try to english, but i fail sometimes . . |
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Jan 30 2013, 02:20 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jan 30 2013, 02:40 AM) ah ok . . i try to english, but i fail sometimes . . That's okay... I try to German and fail all the time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Jan 30 2013, 04:05 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jan 30 2013, 04:40 AM) ah ok . . i try to english, but i fail sometimes . . Don't feel bad. There are plenty of people here in the U.S. who try to English but fail. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jan 30 2013, 04:14 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,930 Joined: 9-April 05 From: Scandinavian Union Member No.: 7,310 |
My german is basic at most, but for a really misleading name "Das(der?) giftbringer"
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Jan 30 2013, 04:20 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Der Giftbringer.
Which means Poisoner in German and has nothing to do with Presents at all . . But Owlglass is a pretty well known character, most every german child knows of him at least. |
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Jan 30 2013, 05:44 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,930 Joined: 9-April 05 From: Scandinavian Union Member No.: 7,310 |
As I said, misleading (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Jan 30 2013, 05:47 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,647 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
For an English speaking player it probably would be very misleading, yes (and yes, it would be 'Der Giftbringer'). There's a named horror from ED, who's called Gabenbringer and he's one scary trickster. Basically stolen from that one Stephen King story ... Can't remember the name, but the guy comes into town and trades stuff people want for stuff they don't need and incites major violence with subtle manipulation.
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Jan 30 2013, 06:27 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,579 Joined: 30-May 06 From: SoCal Member No.: 8,626 |
QUOTE (Tanegar @ Jan 30 2013, 08:05 AM) Don't feel bad. There are plenty of people here in the U.S. who try to English but fail. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) As evidenced! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif) Bannock, was it one of the incarnations of Randall Flagg? |
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Jan 30 2013, 06:30 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,647 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Could be, but I've remembered the name by now ^^
Needful Things was the name of book and movie, iirc, but I honestly can't remember who is when and where Randall Flagg or not. Not that into King's work, sorry ^^ |
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Jan 30 2013, 06:58 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,088 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709 |
If you want to go for a darker kind of trickster, there's also the Pied Piper myth...
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Jan 30 2013, 07:14 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Not much of a Trickster though, if you go with the classic Version where he did not lead the Rats into the Villages in the first place.
In the classic version he is simply a vengefull service provider who got cheated out of his well deserved pay. |
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