Hails Following are some neologisms or inventions of Gothic terminology which Grimm supposed possible or likely in his Teutonic Mythology. Enjoy. Note word for...
Iam new to this group, but Iam have strong interest in the Gothic peoples of Europe. I still to believe that the peoples of southern Sweden, and Gotland,...
Welcome, ... I don't know what you could possibly mean with this. A supposed blood connection is absurd talk, and the Goths were a VERY polyethnic composition...
wellcome! but the list has been in sleep mode since the heruls issue was settled down. dont be surprised ey. michaelsson51 <michaelsson51@...> wrote: Iam...
Welcome to this list, which has been somewhat dormant recently. I think your text below does contain a lot of misconceptions and inaccuracies. Yet, Oskar...
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Bertil Haggman
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May 25, 2002 4:17 pm
Al, There is compelling evidence that the Goths migrated from southern Scandinavia (the region of Goetaland or/and the island of Gotland). This matter has been...
There is a more recent book, by a real historian and real experts (not a hobby historian and journalist like Peter Arens), which should be most interesting for...
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Bertil Haggman
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May 27, 2002 2:12 pm
An interesting book on matters of the Germanic-Gothic homeland is _The Role of Migration in the History of the Eurasian Steppe__(ed. A. Bell- Fialkoff), ...
... This book by Musset, is basically a reprint of his work published in the 1970s. Unfortunately, no effort was made to take account of the developments of...
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Bertil Haggman
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May 27, 2002 6:49 pm
Dear listmembers, It is important to remember that the question of the origin of the Goths is not solved and is the matter of extensive debate, on this list...
... A good recent book on the subject is: The visigoths from the migration period to the seventh century. an ethnographic perspective. edited by Peter Heather ...
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Bertil Haggman
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May 28, 2002 3:50 pm
_The Role of Migration in the History of the Eurasian Steppe - Sedentary Civilization vs. - 'Barbarian' and Nomad, (ed. Andrew Bell-Fialkoff), London:...
There has been some negative comments concerning connections Goths and Scandinavia as answers to Al. In some cases Al evidently has misunderstood the Goths...
My opinion is that since germanic branching is so young and seems to be starting from some time on, a geographically isolated region like north scandinavian...
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Bertil Haggman
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May 31, 2002 4:34 pm
Thank you, Ingemar, for your latest contribution. Below are a few books to balance off Walter Pohl (who is he, BTW). Bell-Fialkoff, A., _The Role of Migration...
Listmembers, I have stumbled across this line in Peter Heather's valuable account of Gothic history - "The Goths." There is a quote that I am quite uncertain...
Hi Oskar! I wondered the same when I stumbled over it. The only explanation I can see is that he uses the word kingdom in a more general sense, including the...
Hi Ingemar, ... That might very well be, but what source is Heather referring to? That is my main problem. I don't know what exactly to consult, and if it is...
... Mainly I have already stated it below but I can add that kindins was just the leader of the council of reiks, and the formal kingship is considered...
... Hæ Bertil. Thanks for your info. I dont know what to belief about the origin of the Goths. I think we have a very complex problem here. I think that many...
... Einar, You are right in one way. However we are talking about different millennia. In the late Vendel period early Viking age it is very different. I still...
Hi Ingemar, I read the recent posts with some concern about the standard to which this list is sinking (not yours, but I address this to you since I know you...
Grüß Dirk, ... I never did say so in any case, and I agree with you that there are no hidden agendas. About the expertness in Scandinavian business I am not...
... Dirk, What worries me is that you are only referring to German scholars when we are talking about Scandinavian archaeology. As I can't get hold of Pohl's...
... the ... #### I agree with your main points.But the situation was more complex. ... see ... The ... #####Nothing comes from nothing. I dont belief that the...
Tore wrote: "I still maintain that the prelude to the Viking age is the ... Hail Tore! I am completely facsinated by the possible (H)erul expansion and ...
... Hi! I never indicated that the Heruls moved to Iceland. This is something that Einar Birgisson has brought up. You have to ask him for his sources. I have...
Hail Tore! My apologies. I mistook "..British isles - Island.", for Iceland. What type of things are they finding at these sites that would indicate they were...
Hail Einar! Tore indicated that you are of the opinion that some of the (H) eruli made the migration to Iceland. Not that I disagree with you, but what are...
