Talk:Ratatosk

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This article doesn't mention that he is the final boss in Xenosaga: episode 1. I would add it, but am falling asleep ~_~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.117.28.21 (talk) 06:42, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ratatoskr the Unicorn

Helgi Guðmundsson demonstrates a connection between the Old Norse word 'íkorni' (which usually means "squirrel") and unicorns. This may have come about as a reanalysis of Old French 'unicorne'. You could mistake the 'un' for an indefinite article and arrive at 'un icorne'. The spelling icorne is a plausible manuscript spelling of íkorni.

• Helgi Guðmundsson (2002). "Þrír íkornar" in Land úr landi, pp. 140-6. Háskólaútgáfan, Reykjavík. ISBN 9979 54 523 2

Helgi doesn't mention it in the article but it's interesting that the manuscript image accompanying our article shows Ratatoskr with a horn. Haukur (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)