Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
My second channel M. Laser Random- youtube.com/channel/UCOEt53JAqyL_OkE5Oq-bIkg
where I just upload random videos from game-plays to vlogs and more.
My Patreon- patreon.com/mlaser
My Twitter- twitter.com/MnLaser
Video scripts with sources are available for free on my Patreon.
The Original Vaclav's Poem in German is also in the script on Patreon.
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0:34 He was declared to be an honorary king and also a saint after his death.
Hence today his name is King Wenceslaus or Saint Wenceslaus.
2:06 He is the translator and or creator of multiple today well known Christmas carols not just of Good King Wenceslas.
3:19 When I say google in this video I mean the online google book database.
6:00 At least according to the myth.
6:51 Same goes for the German version of the poem.
8:58 Vaclav's poem talks about multiple people including children not just a single peasant.
9:18 Also naturally since Vaclav's poem is longer it talks about much more detail and gives more exposition but the over all story stays the same.
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Thanks to Michal Hruška (this guy is amazing and he went above and beyond) who actually scheduled a meeting at the Prague library and took pictures of the original Czech poem, we now have the original Czech version of the Good King Wenceslas poem by Vaclav A. Svoboda.
The poem was too long to put in the description so you can read it (in Czech) and see the pictures of the original at my Patreon for free.
patreon.com/posts/czech-version-of-23824282
#History #Christmas #Wenceslas
My second channel M. Laser Random- youtube.com/channel/UCOEt53JAqyL_OkE5Oq-bIkg
where I just upload random videos from game-plays to vlogs and more.
My Patreon- patreon.com/mlaser
My Twitter- twitter.com/MnLaser
Video scripts with sources are available for free on my Patreon.
The Original Vaclav's Poem in German is also in the script on Patreon.
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More Information
0:34 He was declared to be an honorary king and also a saint after his death.
Hence today his name is King Wenceslaus or Saint Wenceslaus.
2:06 He is the translator and or creator of multiple today well known Christmas carols not just of Good King Wenceslas.
3:19 When I say google in this video I mean the online google book database.
6:00 At least according to the myth.
6:51 Same goes for the German version of the poem.
8:58 Vaclav's poem talks about multiple people including children not just a single peasant.
9:18 Also naturally since Vaclav's poem is longer it talks about much more detail and gives more exposition but the over all story stays the same.
____________________________________________________________________
Thanks to Michal Hruška (this guy is amazing and he went above and beyond) who actually scheduled a meeting at the Prague library and took pictures of the original Czech poem, we now have the original Czech version of the Good King Wenceslas poem by Vaclav A. Svoboda.
The poem was too long to put in the description so you can read it (in Czech) and see the pictures of the original at my Patreon for free.
patreon.com/posts/czech-version-of-23824282
#History #Christmas #Wenceslas
