[gothic-l] Re: Amali insignia

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at y..., keth at o... wrote:
> ...
> What you do find are the various bird forms, but they wouldn't
> be vultures, I don't think, because there are no such birds
> in Northern Europe, though there might be some in Iran (?)

I have read somewhere that the bird-shaped fibulae of Goths and
Gepids, representing birds of prey, are due to Iranic influence.
On the other hand, the Goths knew the eagles, since there is a word
for these birds in Gothic: ara, having cognates in other Germanic
languages (OE earn, Eng. ern(e), MLG arn, Germ. dial. Aar, etc.)

Francisc




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