The Witcher - Netflix Original

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Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 22:12 schreef IkStampOpTacos het volgende:
Dwergen, elven, trollen enz. zijn niet 'Slavisch', dus waar heb je het over met "alles is Slavisch".

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Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 22:18 schreef IkStampOpTacos het volgende:
Dus niet alles is Slavisch?

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Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 22:19 schreef VelitoX het volgende:

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Zowieso niet lol, de boeken gebruiken ook elementen uit andere folklores, niet alleen pools/slavisch.

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Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 22:21 schreef Ian_Nick het volgende:

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Hoe bedoel je “zoals waar dan”. Zelfs de meest oppervlakkige verdieping in Slavische folklore maakt al vrij snel duidelijk dat de Witcher boeken en games vrij trouw blijven aan de mythologie. Ik zie overigens ook niet in waarom dit een problematische stelling zou zijn.

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Well that depends, there are things that are definitely references to other sorts of cultures (plus countless callbacks from various names of people and places relating to real world places or cultures or names, including Dutch), from celtic influences on the Aen Seidhe the elves (Wheel of the Year, Beltane-Belleteyn, but in the same time Belleteyn as described in witcher books appears almost like a callback to the Kupala Night, though naturally there are differences, and Belleteyn is in may, while Kupala Night is summer solstice...which would in turn make it analogous to Midaete), to nordic/viking like for the Skellige (with it's mythology a clear expy of nordic one) and a raider maritime culture, references to such slavic rituals as 'first haircut' (in polish postrzyżyny) or custom of greeting with bread and salt or old polish hospitality. Sometimes those references are really small, like blink-and-you'll-miss-it type, but some they are general themes.

In mentality of many witcher characters is even that slavic feel (naturally in a generalization of slavic cultures), with pessimistic, cynical outlook on life, bluntness stubborness etc. (those things that I can honestly see in some slavic people ), sometimes there are obvious jokes about things like Dandelion/Jaskier's use of first written polish words in comical manner ('daj ać ja pobruszę...'), there are various terms that are almost a reference to polish histories (rokosz- meaning armed uprising of nobles or polish 'szlachta'), wojewoda (voivode), names that are indeed slavic in origin (Bronibor, Bronibór is a name of a polish village, but it also bears the mark of old polish names: 'Branibor, Bronibor; Brodzisław, Brodzisz').

There are even Tolkien references as mini-jokes or 'easter eggs' as it can be called. Many creatures got their names from slavic tales (mamune, tales about mischievous forest devils from old polish folklore, mora, striga, utopiec/drowner, leszy/leshen, 'borowiki', 'rusałki'), there is very obvious reference to legends of polish dragonslayer cobbler (or szewc Dratewka, meaning in witcher books short story about hunt for the golden dragon, hell entire place names like Hołopole, or Novigrad are very slavic, Novigrad may be a clear reference to Kiev/ukrainian city of Novograd). The main problem with identifying slavic culture and mythology is that...it got nearly eradicated over centuries ad what we know today is only a remnant of it.

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Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 22:28 schreef Ian_Nick het volgende:
Dat is bijna net zo dom en racistisch

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Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 22:41 schreef GGMM het volgende:
Dan heb je echt een groot probleem!

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Op vrijdag 20 december 2019 22:38 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:
Als groot dan van de game (en bijbehorende DLC) vond ik aflevering één al direct super tof. Superman zet Getapt echt prima neer en ik hou nu al van Ciri

Kan niet wachten om de rest te kijken!