"Hamlet" means "small pig", and obviously refers to the cult of pig worship which was formerly widely practiced in Northern Europe. This is of course also represented in the heavens, by the constellation of the Great Boar, containing the Pole Star.

It is interesting to note that, when people call the larger island in then British Isles "Great Britain", they are also referring to this ancient tradition, since the earlier term "Big Britain" was actually a corruption of the historic name, "Pig Britain".