Post by Lorpius Prime on Mar 11, 2007 2:08:44 GMT -5
A place to collect people for potential appearances in Lohengrin. 
Lohengrin (of course)- A grail knight and the son of percival, his coat of arms is apparently a swan. Figures big in a Wagnerian Opera by the same name.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohengrin
Jack Duggan- comes from the Irish folk song The Wild Colonial Boy about an Irish boy who becomes an Australian bushranger and becomes something of a Robin Hood-like folk hero (similar to the real Ned Kelly).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsKfpHjouA
www.makem.com/discography/recordings/lyricpage/wildcolonialboy.html
Holger Danske- Danish legendary hero, has a king-in-the-mountain mythos.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger_Danske_%28Mythology%29
Hamlet- Hero of the Shakespearian play named after him. Prince of Denmark whose father (the King) is poisoned by his power-hungry uncle. Feigns madness and gets revenge upon everyone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hamlet
Baron Münchhausen- German soldier who becomes known for a series of highly-embellished tales of his exploits.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchhausen
Lorelei- A dangerous bend in the Rhine river, and a mythical siren who sang sailors to their deaths from the cliffs above the rocks there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei
Rasputin- Creepy Russian mystic/witch doctor/pervert, an advisor to the family of Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia, often seen as encouraging their isolation from the Russian people in the lead-up to the Russian Revolution.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputin
Lohengrin (of course)- A grail knight and the son of percival, his coat of arms is apparently a swan. Figures big in a Wagnerian Opera by the same name.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohengrin
Jack Duggan- comes from the Irish folk song The Wild Colonial Boy about an Irish boy who becomes an Australian bushranger and becomes something of a Robin Hood-like folk hero (similar to the real Ned Kelly).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsKfpHjouA
www.makem.com/discography/recordings/lyricpage/wildcolonialboy.html
Holger Danske- Danish legendary hero, has a king-in-the-mountain mythos.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger_Danske_%28Mythology%29
Hamlet- Hero of the Shakespearian play named after him. Prince of Denmark whose father (the King) is poisoned by his power-hungry uncle. Feigns madness and gets revenge upon everyone.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Hamlet
Baron Münchhausen- German soldier who becomes known for a series of highly-embellished tales of his exploits.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchhausen
Lorelei- A dangerous bend in the Rhine river, and a mythical siren who sang sailors to their deaths from the cliffs above the rocks there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei
Rasputin- Creepy Russian mystic/witch doctor/pervert, an advisor to the family of Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia, often seen as encouraging their isolation from the Russian people in the lead-up to the Russian Revolution.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputin