The seer

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The seer (French original title: Le Devin ) is the 19th volume of the comic hero Asterix after The laurels of Caesar and before Asterix in Corsica . The work, written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo , appeared for the first time in the French magazine Pilote in issues 652–673. The cartoon Asterix - Operation Hinkelstein from 1989 is based in part on this tape, and the seer Lügfix was used for the 1999 real- life film Asterix and Obelix against Caesar .

action

At the beginning of the story, out of fear of a storm, all the villagers except Miraculix, who is at the druid meeting in the Karnutenwald , gathered in the hut of the village chief Majestix as a stranger named Lügfix (in the French original "Prolix", from French prolixe - verbose , talkative) appears. He claims that he already knew that he would be well received in the village because he was a seer .

He claims to be able to "prove" this by inspecting the bowels of a dead animal, for which roasted wild boars are very bad, but small dogs are very good, which obelix pissed off. Finally he “reads” from a dissected fish by Verleihnix that the rain will soon stop and the sky will not fall on the Gauls' heads. He also predicts that the Gauls will soon quarrel. This all comes true after a few moments, so that everyone except Asterix believes the "seer". After the storm, Lügfix leaves the village. He is, however, secretly pursued by Gutemine and persuaded to stay in the forest and to inform her of the future there - taken care of by her. To protect Lügfix from the skeptical Asterix and Obelix, she has her husband Majestix forbid him to go into the forest.

Little by little, all of the villagers except Asterix and Obelix know that the seer is there and let him inform them about their bright future. Obelix, too, ultimately believes the seer's rosy future promises. When Asterix finally wants to know what is going on in the forest, all he can find is the abandoned camp of the seer.

This was captured by legionnaires and brought to the Roman camp Kleinbonum. When he learned there that Gaius Julius Caesar's orders were to arrest all Gallic seers, he described himself as a con man who had only played something for the gullible villagers. He is finally commissioned by the Centurion Gaius Ausgus to persuade the Gauls to leave the village. He prophesies to the Gauls that the village is cursed, which is noticeable by a foul smell. All but Asterix and Obelix believe him and flee. Shortly afterwards the Romans march into the village and occupy it. When Miraculix returns from the Karnutenwald a little later, Asterix and Obelix report to him. Miraculix then brews a foul-smelling potion based on the prophecy. When the wind blows the smell into the Gaulish village, all the Romans flee with the seer, while the Gauls finally return to their village.

Centurion Ausgus is convinced of the seer's abilities thanks to the smell and plans to replace Julius Caesar with him as advisor. In the Gauls village, it is the women in particular who insist that the seer did not lie to them. In order to finally expose the impostor, the Gauls finally start an attack on the Roman camp, in which the women also take part and for the first time receive a magic potion.

The Romans and the seers are completely surprised by the attack, which ultimately also convinces the Gauls women. In the end, the centurion is demoted to a simple legionnaire because he had sent a messenger to Julius Caesar with the message that all of Gaul had been conquered. However, Caesar's envoy was beaten up by the returning Gauls and found the opposite.

Remarks

The Seer is a story that alludes to the superstitions of the people of that time (both Gauls and Romans). The adult issue of gullibility, insecurities and fears, in which the unity of the Gauls wavered, was taken up in the dispute over Asterix .

The fishmonger Verleihnix, usually barefoot, is shown on the cover and on the first page with shoes.

On page 9, the importance of seers as interpreters of the future in the ancient world of gods is examined in more detail. Albert Uderzo's own country house can also be seen on the same page. The bottom picture shows a photo of the La Défense high-rise district west of Paris, which is under construction .

The picture below on page 10, in which the figures stand in a circle around the seer dissecting a dead fish, is based on the picture The Anatomy of Dr. Tulip by Rembrandt van Rijn .

publication

In France, the story first appeared in 1972 as a series in the French magazine Pilote in issues 652-673 and was published in 1972 as an album by Dargaud . In the German translation, the story was first printed by Ehapa-Verlag in 1972 in the MV-Comix magazine (issues 21/1972 to 8/1973) and published in 1975 as the 19th volume in the Asterix series. In 2002 this volume was reissued and received a new cover picture.

The band appeared among others in English, Spanish and Turkish as well as Neuhessisch and the dialects Viennese and " Hunsrigger Platt" .

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  1. ↑ http://www.comedix.de/lexikon/db/seher.php