Severin; a character

Not just a slightly pretty word ...
For a long time I was slightly confused. Venus in Furs happens to be one of my favourite songs and yet I had no idea what this "severin" was... but it sounded magical.
The meaning:
"Venus in Furs" is ingeniously inspired by a book of the same title which we should perhaps all be aware of (although we are not!) Written by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch in 1870 it perhaps created or invented the now obviously named machosism and later sadism. The entore practice of dominance and submission thus followed and "BDSM" was created! (treated in the 1960s as a mental illness...by electric shock treatment!...hmmm the casuing of pain!)
Anyway back to the whole Severin thing.. I couldn't listen to the song anymore without wondering. Anyway the lead character in the book had an abusive aunt in his childhood who used to call him "severin". Later in life he becomes addicted to the practice of S & M and finds a dominatrix whom also dresses like his aunt and calls him "Severin". In short, of course. Now i must read the book. I think this is the most poorly written post ever but I had to know!