Now that we are back to the ships. Is there any plans for a technical Ship section like linkclub's, for the gearheads in all of us? --Josh --- Lee Thompsonwrote: > Being the horribly nitpicky person I am, I am indeed > opening up this debate > again. > > The author of Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu (LoGH) was most > assuredly - be it > professionally, as a hobby or merely points of > interest - a history/mythology > buff. Virtually (and probably all) names and > places in LoGH have a > reference to a historical event, personage or some > kind of literature. > > Although some references to Wolfgang Mittermeyer's > ship are indeed the kanji > symbols for "werewolf" or "person wolf" I believe > this is merely a context for > the Japanese so they don't mistake the katakana for > another name or loanword. > In fact, I think this shows that the Beowulf > reference is an *important* one. > > > The following text is from Linkclub's LoGH site, > more or less, the Japanese > equivalent of the infocenter. Here is a rough > (machine) translation. Words > in (* *) are katakana representations. There is a > mistake on the site in the > katakana for the ship, but the correct one is used > in the origin section. > > > START > > Beiowolf > (*beiouruf*) (person wolf) > > (*mittahmaiyah*) fleet flagship. The promotion > division is reinforced and it > is possible to high-speed sail though a basic design > draws the flow of a > martial empire standard battleship. On the other > hand, the number of ports of > prow main armaments has decreased because the output > of the generator is eaten > in the promotion division. This warship is a > straight line silhouette though > Tristram is sisters warship. [It] fights, and the > warship of unknown word) > pulled out, and the warship of a strong fate as the > bounce and [it] breaks and > (unknown word) and sinking escape the inside in > (*amurittsa*) battle and > "Fight of the corridor" of the (*amurittsa*) battle, > the (*rippushutat*) > campaign, the (*rantemario*) star region battle, and > the (*maru*) (*adetta*) > star region battle. > > > Origin of warship name > > 'Beowulf' is an epic of old literary maximum Great > Britain. The monster named > grain Dell had ruined the court of (*dene*) > (Denmark) in the old times. *** > Knights of (*dene*) of , are captured and > eaten as grain Dell sneaks > in to the palace every night. The person who lived > was finally gone to the > palace, and king was bewailing it for a long time. > [It] came to (*dene*) > knighted about (unknown word) matchless, that is, > Beowulf going down to the > country of (*geiatas*) in the other side of the sea, > and hearing the story of > grain Dell. He grappled with grain Dell which > appeared in the palace at > midnight, and knocked this down. Another monster > showed up and people were > attacked on the ?(unknown word) evening though > people returned to the palace > with pleasure, and at ease. This monster was a > mother of grain Dell, and [it] > came to the revenge of the child. Then, Beowulf went > to the marsh where the > monster lived, and knocked this down finally. King > of (*dene*) was very > pleased, gave him a lot of treasures, and Beowulf > returned to the country. > After that, Beowulf was (unknown word) of > (*geiatas*) 50 years later. The > dragon which vomited the fire when certain appeared, > and the country was > attacked. Beowulf hit the flame of the poison by > which the dragon vomited the > dragon and I in dragon's cave though the fight was > killed and received the > death finally. > > END > > It is my view that 'werewolf' is simply a clue in > for the reference of > literature. > > > > Web Bibilography: > > http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~suno/ship/Beiowolf.html > http://www.uky.edu/~kiernan/eBeowulf/guide.htm > -- > Lee Thompson > shadow@nwlink.com > ICQ: 19508091 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/