Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a Cryer for the Dead
German translation:
Totenkläger
Added to glossary by
erika rubinstein
May 12, 2007 17:34
17 yrs ago
English term
Germany
a Cryer for the Dead
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Hallo!
Ich habe hier eine Liste mit Personen und Bezeichnungen, die zu einem Adventure-Spiel gehören, das recht mystisch, um nicht zu sagen keltisch :-) angehaucht ist.
(name), a Cryer for the Dead
Was genau ist darunter zu verstehen?
Danke.
Ich habe hier eine Liste mit Personen und Bezeichnungen, die zu einem Adventure-Spiel gehören, das recht mystisch, um nicht zu sagen keltisch :-) angehaucht ist.
(name), a Cryer for the Dead
Was genau ist darunter zu verstehen?
Danke.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | Totenkläger |
erika rubinstein
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| 2 | not sure what is meant |
hirselina
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Totenkläger
Früher oder heute noch in bestimmten Kulturen und bei bestimmten Totenritualrn gab es Leute, die professionell für den Toten geweint haben
Peer comment(s):
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David Hollywood
: in Ireland they are hired mourners who bewail the passing of the deceased
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| agree |
Ovidiu Doctorescu
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Comment: "Vielen Dank, Erika."
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not sure what is meant
Normally the "cryer" would be "Ansager" in German
The "Cryer of the dead" could also be a banshee
The Banshee, from the Irish bean sí ("woman of the sídhe" or "woman of the fairy mound") is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. Her Scottish counterpart is the Bean Nighe ("washer-woman").
The banshee wails around a house if someone is about to die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee
The "Cryer of the dead" could also be a banshee
The Banshee, from the Irish bean sí ("woman of the sídhe" or "woman of the fairy mound") is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. Her Scottish counterpart is the Bean Nighe ("washer-woman").
The banshee wails around a house if someone is about to die.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee
Peer comment(s):
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David Hollywood
: banshee bean sí (fairy woman) announces imminent death but not sure if that's the idea of ""Cryer for the Dead" who have already passed away ....
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akker specified the game was "keltisch angehaucht". What is "keltich" about a paid mourner?
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Nadine Kahn
: I don't like "Totenkläger" either. That is a mourner...
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