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Hello!
Today is not only Halloween but also Reformation Day. Being neither catholic nor
Irish I’ve the reformation in mind rather than this custom that has not even
been known here (Germany) before the ad industry adopted and established it.
So. After we got to see last year the Dr Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to
the door of the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg this year we tell another anecdote
from his life:
When Martin Luther was summoned to the Reichstag in Worms for he should revoke
his theses, he was banned because he refused to revoke. His souvereign, the
Kurfürst of Saxony, liked his doctrines. So he gave him shelter on the Wartburg
where he lived under the alias “Donzel George”. And there he had no ressources
against boredom except translating the Bible into German. (That hadn’t been done
ever before, and Luther’s use of the German language set the first standard of a
high level languae throughout Germany.)
While sitting and translating one gloomy night he got a visitation from/by the
Devil himself! But Luther won’t be Luther if he had been too afraid. He grasped
the inkpot and threw it against the Fiend. That worked, the Beelzebub
disappeared.
To cut a long story short, this is what happened:
Now, most likely this story didn’t happen exactly the way the legend has it.
However, it’s enough to get money from the tourists who visit the Wartburg and
search for the spot of ink on the wall....
This is what Luther’s parlour looks like:
Hopefully I didn’t indoctrinate anybody with my religious-confessionel tattle.
In case of doubt the story also fits as a spooky Halloween tale...
Bye
Jojo
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| (...) Thanks for the explanation Jojo. I saw this picture earlier but I didn't have the context, so I was scratching my head in puzzlement. I can now better appreciate all the detail that you put into this creation. In particular, that big green (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| Hey Jojo, Happy Halloween/Reformation Day. Great MOC. I especially like the way you put the inkstain into the floor and into the wall (SNOTty, even). The cabinet on the wall and the chair are also very cool. The green thing is still a puzzle to me, (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| Hi Jojo, I love the story and even more the great detailed picture. The brown chair is great, the idea of the guns there... so many brown parts, I never knew there was that window in brown. As some said before me the ink stain is a great touch to it (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, FTX)
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