(nodine@mcrc.mcd.mot.com) >>"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 Wel, dyma fi'n bod wedi saethu neges at y rhestr hon heb drafferthu gwneud yr ymchwil angenrheidiol i'w chynnal. Ymddiheuriadau i Geraint Jones. Roedd o'n hollol gywir taw Crycymalix yw enw'r derwydd Getafix. Wn i ddim beth yw enw'r hen ddyn Geriatrix. Translation: I was wrong in my earlier comments; Crycymalix is the druid Getafix of the English version. Apologies to Geraint Jones. I don't know who the Welsh equivalent of Geriatrix is. --Mark