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[Thomas Eckhardt]

I am not quite sure what you all are getting at but, yes, Winnetou is 
most certainly a hero. He is also the epitome of the noble savage in 
German literature/culture. Old Shatterhand represents the good German 
abroad. They are blood brothers.

Didn't remember the bit about Shatterhand being an engineer, though. Nice.

As for GR and the section at hand: This is, of course, about "Hänsel und 
Gretel", the well-known fairy tale (or horror story) by the Grimm 
brothers. Note that the Grimm brothers turned the wicked mother of the 
original version of the tale into a step-mother, presumably because 
otherwise it would have been just too, err, grim.



Am 22.06.2016 um 11:19 schrieb János Széky:
> And don't forget about Winnetou's best friend the German (!) engineer
> (!) Old Shatterhand.
>
> 2016-06-22 11:07 GMT+02:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
> <mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>>:
>
>
>           Winnetou III - Winnetou Trilogy Volume Three - Page 336
>           <https://books.google.com/books?id=6ywkcf1YsfAC&pg=PA336&dq=winnetou+as+hero&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI5-HatrnNAhXFbB4KHeO2AVwQ6AEILjAD>
>
>     <https://books.google.com/books?id=6ywkcf1YsfAC&pg=PA336&dq=winnetou+as+hero&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI5-HatrnNAhXFbB4KHeO2AVwQ6wEILzAD>
>     https://books.google.com/books?id=6ywkcf1YsfAC
>     Preview
>     <https://books.google.com/books?id=6ywkcf1YsfAC&pg=PA336&dq=winnetou+as+hero&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjI5-HatrnNAhXFbB4KHeO2AVwQuwUIMDAD>
>     “Yes, you're a hero; I know that, and I can hear it again now,
>     because only a hero can say such words. We all bemoan that you're
>     not a Kiowa!” He left and I was considerate enough not to tell him
>     that his lament found no echo in my unfeeling  ...
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