Friday, April 06, 2007
Hi, I’m back in Albion ( the Celtic Name for England ) once again.
As expected we had a good time in Germany. I have spoken in Hamburg many times before and it was nice to see so many old friends.
As usual, I was humbled to find so many people taking the trouble to talk to me in English.
It is at times like this that I am ashamed of my inability to speak any foreign language. I really am a ‘Dummkopf Engländer.’
Because the press announcements had mentioned that I was descended from a long line of Elves; I got more than my usual number of questions about my curious background.
So I suddenly realised that it was a topic I hadn’t talked about in this blog… so I’ll try to put that right over the coming months.
Several persons asked me if I was an Elf, or a Gnome, as they had heard about these in their childhood.
So here is what I told them…
How Elves, Gnomes and Goblins got their tribal names.
When the 'Celtic Peoples' invaded our homeland, some 5,107 years ago, they called us rude names and considered us aborigines as worth-less, human-like animals.
Because they had invented a thing called soap and we hadn't... they called us the Filthy People or 'Faerie Folk' in their language... and tried to exterminate us, like the white folks did to the Native Americans, more recently.
We were one of the three aboriginal tribes that had survived the 'end of the world' some 7,000 years before.
The Celts called our tribe, Elves because we lived deep amongst the forest trees.
The tall tribe (with their eyebrows waxed up into horns), they called Goblins, meaning Big Folks.
The third tribe, were fat and furry, and lived underground in dug-out caves; so they were called Gnomes.
These old names have been used, by the Celts and their descendants, to frighten their children into obedience ever since.
I’ll write more about these matters in future blogs….
As usual, I was humbled to find so many people taking the trouble to talk to me in English.
It is at times like this that I am ashamed of my inability to speak any foreign language. I really am a ‘Dummkopf Engländer.’
Because the press announcements had mentioned that I was descended from a long line of Elves; I got more than my usual number of questions about my curious background.
So I suddenly realised that it was a topic I hadn’t talked about in this blog… so I’ll try to put that right over the coming months.
Several persons asked me if I was an Elf, or a Gnome, as they had heard about these in their childhood.
So here is what I told them…
How Elves, Gnomes and Goblins got their tribal names.
When the 'Celtic Peoples' invaded our homeland, some 5,107 years ago, they called us rude names and considered us aborigines as worth-less, human-like animals.
Because they had invented a thing called soap and we hadn't... they called us the Filthy People or 'Faerie Folk' in their language... and tried to exterminate us, like the white folks did to the Native Americans, more recently.
We were one of the three aboriginal tribes that had survived the 'end of the world' some 7,000 years before.
The Celts called our tribe, Elves because we lived deep amongst the forest trees.
The tall tribe (with their eyebrows waxed up into horns), they called Goblins, meaning Big Folks.
The third tribe, were fat and furry, and lived underground in dug-out caves; so they were called Gnomes.
These old names have been used, by the Celts and their descendants, to frighten their children into obedience ever since.
I’ll write more about these matters in future blogs….
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They say Dutch people are the best in speaking foreign languages. Well, we have to, because nobody speaks ours. I can understand English-speaking people don't really need another language. We're happy to speak English when they visit over here. But when they are coming to live here, we expect them to learn Dutch. :-)
That's interesting stuff about your background. I'm looking forward to read more about it!
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That's interesting stuff about your background. I'm looking forward to read more about it!
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