hist-games: Need reference in Glonnegger: Das Spiele-Buch...

[Arnold Mayer]

Hello Mats!

You can find "Gala" at Glonnegger's book on the pp 186-187 (edition from 
1999).

To "reconstruct" the Gala rules I used the works of Müller-Alfeld, 
Glonnegger and Bell.
But all this rules are incomplete. So, I added the "missing" parts by 
studying through similar games (Hnefatafl, Ard Ri) and by own 
interpretations.

Gala must be a real "old" game, because of similarities with Hnefatafl 
and because of the names of the game pieces.

Gala: there is an old norse word "kala", this means "making cold" (this 
is a phrase for "killing"). The Gala is the one who must be killed in 
the game.
Gala: in old norse mythology there is a dwarf named Gala / Galar, this 
means "the singing one", "the calling one". This dwarf and his brother 
killed Kvasir, to get his wisdom.
Kampa: could be a derived from "Kämpfer" (fighter, warrior) or from the 
norse word for "bearded"
Korna: means "cattles". Maybe this was the name for a caste of warriors 
(wild like cattles / wisents?)
Horsa: seems to be clear: the "horse" (horseman, mounted warrior)

This facts leads to the old norse culture, to the vikings / danish / 
swedish people settled in Schleswig-Holstein.

Arnold

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