Romansh people

In their eyes, Romansh was an obstacle to the economic and intellectual development of the Romansh people.

In the fight between Haymon and Thyrsus the defeat of the Romansh people by the Bavarians is symbolized.

The Romansh people are a people and ethnic group of Switzerland, native speakers of the Romansh language.

However, with the conquest of the area by the Romans about 15 BC the Roman and Raetic cultures began to mix, creating the Romansh people.

His poets and ballads often deal with Romansh itself, such as his most famous work Al pievel romontsch ("To the Romansh people):

According to contemporary scholarly interpretation of the 17th Century, the giant Thyrsus represents the Romansh people while the invading Bavarians, who populated the Inn valley as of the 6th century, are being represented through Haymon.

On the other side, proponents called on the Romansh people to nurture the "new-born" to allow it to grow; with Romansh writer Ursicin Derungs calling Rumantsch Grischun a "lungatg virginal" 'virgin language', which now had to be seduced and turned into a blossoming woman.