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Etymology: The instance of "Cucaniensis" in Carmina Burana - noted in the artistic references section - is around 100 years older than the Middle English or Middle French instances recorded in the OED. If there are other instances in medieval Latin of this word, it might be worth noting. Delvebelow ( talk) 16:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
London: "some have argued that it was the original pre-Roman name for the city,". Linguistically, is this possible? Perhaps the contributor (on 19:30, 2 October 2005) User:Agendum can report where this was read. -- Wetman 07:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I assume there's no connection between the name "Cockaigne" and the drug " Cocaine". -- Damian Yerrick ( talk | stalk) 21:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
There was a poem once, maybe by Shel Silverstein or maybe not, about a place like the Cockaigne herein described, but he called it Cocaine. I can't seem to find it on Google, which is odd. After describing the joys of the place, the narrator tells the listener something like:
It's really weird that I don't get any hits for any of this. Does it ring a bell with anyone? -- Trovatore ( talk) 11:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I have no idea where Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "Luilekkerland" English translation to "Cockaigne" originates? The direct translation, into English, of the title used to identify this work of Bruegels' is lazy, pleasant/enjoyable land. Any Dutch or German speaker would agree. Running the English words together as Bruegel did with the Dutch words will simply result as "lazypleasantland". Any further further development of this theme is a display of romanticism. We humans tend to seek or create patterns where none actually exist and then see it as important knowledge. Tain't so... 41.13.92.140 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:14, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Spanish word "cucaña" may have some different meanings, but, as far as I know, it DOESN'T mean "fool" anyway... and I'm Spanish. :) According to the dictionary edited by the Spanish Royal Academy of Language, "cucaña" could mean: 1. A certain game I don't feel like to describe: http://www.fotos.org/galeria/data/576/medium/Francisco-de-Goya-The-Greasy-Pole-La-Cucana.jpg 2. The act of seeing that game. 3. Anything that lets one reach something quickly and without effort. 4. The very object reached by such means. 5. Jauja (Spanish word equivalent to "Cockaigne", as the article points out). Antonio -- 87.217.9.125 ( talk) 23:17, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogaionon Kogaionon it was considered as the Holy Mountain-"Olympus" where the gods dwell in thracian traditions more than 2000 years ago. There are 4 mountains in Romania as perfect candidates: Gugu Mountain not far away from Sarmizegetusa fortresses area and "Okeanos/Cazane"(boiling pots, name for Danube Gorge-the river "ocean"), Gaina in Western Carpathians, known for the "Girls Market" tradition, Ceahlau Mountain (in the area of...Caucoensi/Cauci tribe),..and Omu Peak (connected with stories about the golden apples and Axis Mundi-Geticus Polus carried by the Titan Atlas and where you also found the one-eye sphinx head representation of Saturn..."eye"="ochi" in romanian language, therefore "to see" family words) in Bucegi mountains. These "kogaions" were in fact also used as astronomical observatories, a perfect example is Kokino observatory from...Macedonia. Probably you've heard in Homer's Illiad of the thracian tribe of Cicones. Needless to say that for the ancient greeks, their gods were born in Carpathian Mountains of the north-danubian tracians(geto-dacians).Bigshotnews 17:12, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
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Etymology: The instance of "Cucaniensis" in Carmina Burana - noted in the artistic references section - is around 100 years older than the Middle English or Middle French instances recorded in the OED. If there are other instances in medieval Latin of this word, it might be worth noting. Delvebelow ( talk) 16:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
London: "some have argued that it was the original pre-Roman name for the city,". Linguistically, is this possible? Perhaps the contributor (on 19:30, 2 October 2005) User:Agendum can report where this was read. -- Wetman 07:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
I assume there's no connection between the name "Cockaigne" and the drug " Cocaine". -- Damian Yerrick ( talk | stalk) 21:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
There was a poem once, maybe by Shel Silverstein or maybe not, about a place like the Cockaigne herein described, but he called it Cocaine. I can't seem to find it on Google, which is odd. After describing the joys of the place, the narrator tells the listener something like:
It's really weird that I don't get any hits for any of this. Does it ring a bell with anyone? -- Trovatore ( talk) 11:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I have no idea where Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "Luilekkerland" English translation to "Cockaigne" originates? The direct translation, into English, of the title used to identify this work of Bruegels' is lazy, pleasant/enjoyable land. Any Dutch or German speaker would agree. Running the English words together as Bruegel did with the Dutch words will simply result as "lazypleasantland". Any further further development of this theme is a display of romanticism. We humans tend to seek or create patterns where none actually exist and then see it as important knowledge. Tain't so... 41.13.92.140 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:14, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Spanish word "cucaña" may have some different meanings, but, as far as I know, it DOESN'T mean "fool" anyway... and I'm Spanish. :) According to the dictionary edited by the Spanish Royal Academy of Language, "cucaña" could mean: 1. A certain game I don't feel like to describe: http://www.fotos.org/galeria/data/576/medium/Francisco-de-Goya-The-Greasy-Pole-La-Cucana.jpg 2. The act of seeing that game. 3. Anything that lets one reach something quickly and without effort. 4. The very object reached by such means. 5. Jauja (Spanish word equivalent to "Cockaigne", as the article points out). Antonio -- 87.217.9.125 ( talk) 23:17, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogaionon Kogaionon it was considered as the Holy Mountain-"Olympus" where the gods dwell in thracian traditions more than 2000 years ago. There are 4 mountains in Romania as perfect candidates: Gugu Mountain not far away from Sarmizegetusa fortresses area and "Okeanos/Cazane"(boiling pots, name for Danube Gorge-the river "ocean"), Gaina in Western Carpathians, known for the "Girls Market" tradition, Ceahlau Mountain (in the area of...Caucoensi/Cauci tribe),..and Omu Peak (connected with stories about the golden apples and Axis Mundi-Geticus Polus carried by the Titan Atlas and where you also found the one-eye sphinx head representation of Saturn..."eye"="ochi" in romanian language, therefore "to see" family words) in Bucegi mountains. These "kogaions" were in fact also used as astronomical observatories, a perfect example is Kokino observatory from...Macedonia. Probably you've heard in Homer's Illiad of the thracian tribe of Cicones. Needless to say that for the ancient greeks, their gods were born in Carpathian Mountains of the north-danubian tracians(geto-dacians).Bigshotnews 17:12, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
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