[gothic-l] Re: Names of Heruls-Goffart-J.Svennung-midnight sun-

[Einar Birgisson]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Einar Birgisson" <einarbirg at y...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., dirk at s... wrote:
> > --- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >
> > 
> > >For they said that the sun during those forty 
> > days
> > > does not indeed set just as has been stated, but is visible to 
> the 
> > people
> > > there at one time toward the east, and again toward the west. 
> > Whenever,
> > > therefore,on its return,it reaches the same place on the 
horizon 
> > where they
> > > had previously been accustomed to see it rise, they reckon in 
> this 
> > way that
> > > one day and night have passed. When, however, the time of the 
> nights
> > > arrives, they always take note of the courses of the moon and 
> stars 
> > and
> > > thus reckon the measure of the days....
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jordanes account of the mid-night sun (see below) reads very 
> > similarly. 

      Einar; Hæ Dirk.                                                 

   No,it does not. These descriptions are not similar at all. On the 
contrary. These are very different descriptions.
 I was just reading Procopiu´s descriptions in Book III,VI.xv about 
the midnight sun.
The only similarity is that they both say 40 days. There is no other 
similarity. That is obvious.

Bless,bless, Einar.

> > 
> > Jordanes, Getica (19) "...Now in the island of Scandza, whereof I 
> > speak, there dwell many and divers nations, though Ptolemaeus 
> mentions 
> > the names of but seven of them. There the honey-making swarms of 
> bees 
> > are nowhere to be found on account of the exceeding great cold. 
In 
> the 
> > northern part of the island the race of the Adogit live, who are 
> said 
> > to have continual light in midsummer for forty days and nights, 
and 
> > who likewise have no clear light in the winter season for the 
same 
> > number of days and nights. (20) By reason of this alternation of 
> > sorrow and joy they are like no other race in their sufferings 
and 
> > blessings. And why? Because during the longer days they see the 
sun 
> > returning to the east along the rim of the horizon, but on the 
> shorter 
> > days it is not thus seen. The sun shows itself differently 
because 
> it 
> > is passing through the southern signs, and whereas to us the sun 
> seem 
> > to rise from below, it seems to go around them along the edge of 
> the 
> > earth."
> 



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