What is the meaning of Donner and Blitzen?
What is the meaning of Donner and Blitzen?
Wisely, the poet named two of Santa’s reindeer after the fastest, most powerful things to flash across the night sky; Donner/Dunder means thunder and Blitzen/Blixem means lightning.
What language is Donner and Blitzen?
Etymology. From Donner (or Donder) and Blitzen (or Blixem), the last two reindeer of Santa Claus’s, named from Dutch donder (“thunder”) and bliksem (“lightning”).
What is the name of the 12 reindeers in order?
The poem was first published in the Sentinel of Troy, New York on 23 December 1823. All eight reindeer were named, the first six being Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and the final two “Dunder” and “Blixem” (meaning thunder and lightning in colloquial New York Dutch).
What do Santa’s reindeer represent?
The reindeer came to symbolise creativity, resourcefulness and knowledge, whilst also representing safe journeying and endurance through travels. The idea that reindeer brought people safely home over a harsh winter landscape is likely to have inspired the popular story of Father Christmas.
