[gothic-l] Re: Runic Influences

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Tim O'Neill" <scatha at b...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> [quoting Dirk]
>
> > >what do you mean ' a **new** Royal family coming from outside to
> > >rule the Sutton Hoo area'? I was in the British Museum last week
> > >to look a the Sutton Hoo artefacts. The British Museum
> > >explanations attribute the burial to a king Raedwald (with some
> > >certainty). This Raedwald belonged to a long line of kings in
that
> > >area which go back almost to the first emergence of Anglo-Saxons
> > >in Britain according to a genealogical chart next to the
> > >exhibition. There was no indication that Raedwald was a newcomer.
>
> > That is interesting. I didn't have the information that Raedwald
is
> >related to the first emergence of Anglo-Saxons in Britain.
> > Is this a new Genealogical chart?
>
> The chart would be based on the East Anglian genealogy, which traces
> Raedwald's line through Wuffa to Woden.  You can find a version of
> this genealogy here:
> http://www.wuffings.co.uk/Wuffingas/WuffingPage.html
>
> The theory that this 'Wuffingas' dynasty was associated with the
> Ynglings in Sweden, or was perhaps even a sub-branch of the Swedish
> dynasty, is based on the similarities between some Sutton Hoo
> artefacts and those from Valsgarde and Vendel.  This is far from
> certain however, and these similarities can be explained in other
> ways.  It's more likely that the Wuffingas were early English
> settlers as Dirk suggests, though the early sections of the
genealogy
> are clearly legendary (ie the parts with Woden and 'Kaiser').
> Cheers,
>
> Tim O'Neill


Hello Tim and Tore,

the geneological chart in the British Museum Sutton Hoo exhibition
does not go as far back as to include mythical figures like Wodan, but
only  kings that can be assumed to be historical. The important thing
is that this King Raedwald (or two of his relatives who are also
considered a possibilty)- according to the British Museum - was no
newcomer to the area but belonged to a  dynasty that ruled in East
Anglia fore several generations. (This thread would be better placed
in the Germanic-List, as neither Sutton Hoo nor Raedwald have anything
to do with the Goths).

cheers
Dirk





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