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Tannhäuser (pronounced TANN-hoi-zer) was a German poet and Minnesänger whose poetry dates from 1245 to 1265 A.D. Outside his poetry, practically nothing is known of the historical Tannhäuser. In the 1400's, legend sprung up that he discovered the underground home of the goddess Venus, then sought atonement from the Pope for having worshiped her. [[Richard Wagner]]'s three-act opera ''[[Tannhaeuser|Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg]]'' popularized this legend in the modern era.

The [[Sci-Fi]] film ''[[Blade Runner]]'' gave a brief [[Shout-Out]] to Tannhäuser: {{spoiler|Roy Batty}} mentions the ~~[[Tannhauser Gate|~~Tannhäuser Gate]] in his dying speech (shown above). He pronounced it "Tann-houz-er"<ref>which is how it would be pronounced without the umlaut, which is how it's often (mis)spelled</ref> but who gives a flip. It became a [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] to science fiction geeks anyway.

The [[Sci-Fi]] film ''[[Blade Runner]]'' gave a brief [[Shout-Out]] to Tannhäuser: {{spoiler|Roy Batty}} mentions the '''Tannhäuser Gate''' in his dying speech (shown above). He pronounced it "Tann-houz-er"<ref>which is how it would be pronounced without the umlaut, which is how it's often (mis)spelled</ref> but who gives a flip. It became a [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] to science fiction geeks anyway.

[[Stock Shout-Outs|References to the Gate crop up repeatedly]] in other SF media as a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Blade Runner]]''. References to the original Tannhäuser are [[Older Than They Think|somewhat less common]].

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