Leitner/von Württemburg parallels [MAG23 spoilers]
Aug 31, 2016 11:59:37 GMT
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Post by cannonlongshot on Aug 31, 2016 11:59:37 GMT
I was relistening to MAG 23: Schwartzwald (at a guess, this would be the fourth or fifth time?) and something was bugging me about Johann von Württemburg.
Obviously we know little and less about him, but for the fact that he "consorted with witches" and has a link to the open-eye symbology later seen by the Keays (for obvious reasons) but it was only on this listen that something hit me - Johann von Württemburg seems to have a similar feel to it to Jurgen Leitner (I don't know how to describe it beyond that, was really just a gut feeling).
I pursued this some more, and while "von Württemburg" comes from the name of the Württemburg mountain in modern Germany (a literal translation of von Württemburg could be "of Mt. Württem", if you'll pardon the bastardization), the interesting thing is the etymology of Leitner - it's a (usually) German translation of the Jewish for "mountain dweller".
Now, I would normally put this down to coincidence, but there are subtle clues that give me pause - Johann von Württemburg's tomb is full of books, which draw parallels to Leitner's library. The man that confronts von Closen near the crypt says "You have nothing to fear from the dead" in such a way that it makes me wonder if von Württemburg really is dead. And there's the fact that the book found by von Closen is in Arabic, and the Leitner book owned by Mary Keay is written in Sanskrit.
Little parallels, but my working theory is that Leitner is in fact an alias of Johann von Württemburg. Gerard Keay is either working for or against his ancestor (the open eye symbology makes me think for) when he's keeping an eye open (pardon the pun) for Leitner books.
Obviously we know little and less about him, but for the fact that he "consorted with witches" and has a link to the open-eye symbology later seen by the Keays (for obvious reasons) but it was only on this listen that something hit me - Johann von Württemburg seems to have a similar feel to it to Jurgen Leitner (I don't know how to describe it beyond that, was really just a gut feeling).
I pursued this some more, and while "von Württemburg" comes from the name of the Württemburg mountain in modern Germany (a literal translation of von Württemburg could be "of Mt. Württem", if you'll pardon the bastardization), the interesting thing is the etymology of Leitner - it's a (usually) German translation of the Jewish for "mountain dweller".
Now, I would normally put this down to coincidence, but there are subtle clues that give me pause - Johann von Württemburg's tomb is full of books, which draw parallels to Leitner's library. The man that confronts von Closen near the crypt says "You have nothing to fear from the dead" in such a way that it makes me wonder if von Württemburg really is dead. And there's the fact that the book found by von Closen is in Arabic, and the Leitner book owned by Mary Keay is written in Sanskrit.
Little parallels, but my working theory is that Leitner is in fact an alias of Johann von Württemburg. Gerard Keay is either working for or against his ancestor (the open eye symbology makes me think for) when he's keeping an eye open (pardon the pun) for Leitner books.
