From: Mark Odegard
Message: 1763
Date: 2000-03-03
Piotr:Finally, as for mogyla, it has a well-known but somewhat speculative Iranian etymology (< *magu-ula- "hill of the magi").
I wonder if Thomas Mann knew this. Can mogyla legitimately be translated to Die Zauberberg/The Magic Mountain? All sorts of allusions come to mind.Mark.