Re: Whence Wallenstein?

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:12:08 +0000 (GMT)

> Newbie question: What is the origin of "Wallenstein" in "Fazzur
> Wallenstein"? I don't recall seeing it before recent threads on this
> group, and it sounds "off" to my mind's ear.

My guess would be this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_von_Wallenstein

I'd never heard of him before, but a quick skim shows definite parallels.

The literal translation appears to be "Boiling stone". I'm not quite sure what we could do with that, but there's bound to be something.       

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