Re: Druhyus

From: tgpedersen
Message: 52220
Date: 2008-02-03

> I guess it's German betrĂ¼gen "to deceive" which is related to Skt.
> druh.

Wagner's operas are full of Trug (besides Wahn), something he picked
up from Schopenhauer who was impressed by Indian philosophy (as was
Wagner - he planned an opera on Buddha); any other opera writer would
have chosen Verrat. Trug und Wahn des Tages etc etc (Tristan). Someone
should have stayed off mercury.


Torsten