[RenRose] German equivalent of "Devil is in the details" involves a squirrel

[Brian MacMillan]

Excellent, I had forgotten about Ratatoskr.

I guess if you live in the woods, like Germans and Nordics, you have strong
feelings about squirrels.

Not unlike Africans and lions or Indians and Elephants.

Warm Regards, Brian





On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 11:55 AM Stewart Hall via Team <
team at renegaderose.org> wrote:

> I always considered Ratatoskr is more of a messenger than a devil.  😊
> Stewart
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> [image: What's the Mystery of Ratatoskr, Norse Messenger Squirrel ...]
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> *From:* Team <team-bounces at renegaderose.org> *On Behalf Of *Brian
> MacMillan via Team
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 26, 2024 5:02 PM
> *To:* Renegade Rose List <team at renegaderose.org>
> *Subject:* [RenRose] German equivalent of "Devil is in the details"
> involves a squirrel
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> Hello,
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> I had a meeting with some Germans this morning. I am working on a new
> webshop with lots of details to trip us up.
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> So I offered up both the English idiom "the devil is in the details" and
> the Danish equivalent "the beauty is in the details" (Danes are big time
> complicators).
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> They told me the closest German equivalent: "the devil is a squirrel’"
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> https://www.thelocal.de/20220406/german-phrase-of-the-day-der-teufel-ist-ein-eichhornchen
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> Warm Regards, Brian
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