Herne the Hunter

Herne The Hunter (English Herne The Hunter ) is a character from William Shakespeare's comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Interpretations

Herne is interpreted as the god of hunting and master of the game. According guesses Herne was a local deity of Anglo-Saxons in Windsor Forest, a forest, which extended over the present-day counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire. It is believed Herne was identical with Cernunnos, a god of the Britons occupied in southern England. However Herne applies in contrast to Cernunnos primarily as the god of hunting.

Contrary to one sees in Herne a manifestation of the Norse god Odin in the Wild Hunt. In Beowulf, an Old English heroic epic of a building called Heorot ( Heorot = Old English " deer " ) is mentioned.

Conditions

Herne is best known from Shakespeare's comedy " The Merry Wives of Windsor":

There is an old tale goes, did Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter time at quiet midnight, Walk around about an oak, with great ragg'd horns; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner. You have heard of seeking a spirit, and well you know The superstitious idle- headed eld Receiv'd, and did deliver to our age, This tale of Herne the Hunter for a truth.

In a study on the origin Hernes were encountered Rychard (s) Horne, a Yeoman, who poached the time of Henry VIII at Windsor Forest and about 1525 was hanged for it. Herne itself is also survived by a number of sightings in the time of Richard II, Henry VII, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, that is, between the end of the 13th century and the late 15th century.

A connection between Herne and Horne is based on the previous records of Shakespeare, which were " The Merry Wives of Windsor" prepared for the comedy. Although the comedy was written in 1597, is the version that is now on display in the theater, usually associated with a circulation of 1623. There is an earlier edition of the comedy from 1602, in the not of " Herne ", but of " horns " is mentioned. Consequently, many in Herne see the Yeoman Rychard (s) Horne. It is possible that " horns " represents an error of the scribes. More likely, however, that the edition of 1602 was an adjustment for national use. All local references have been changed, including the spirit of Herne, who was unknown outside of Windsor Forest.

Literary reactions

Herne is also found in Robin of Sherwood ( German title: Robin Hood) again, a British adventure and fantasy television series, which Richard Carpenter wrote the screenplay. A connection between Herne and Robin Hood is purely fictitious, as Herne in Sherwood Forest, the whereabouts of Robin Hood, not occupied.