>"Crycymalix" is formed in the way of the standard Asterix-book punning name >from "cryd cymalau", rheumatism (literally "joints disease"). I think he >is the old druid who keeps the secret of the magic potion with which the >village is fortified to stand against the full might of the Roman empire. No. The old druid is Getafix in English, but I'm pretty sure Crycymalix is the counterpart of the English Geriatrix. --Mark