[gothic-l] Teiws > Manna

[Anþanareiks]

--- In gothic-l at y..., Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> Gapt/Gaut is a common progenitor of a number
> of Royal families and there is no reason
> to doubt that also the Langobards were
> connected to this. Parallels can even be drawn to
> the Germanic good Mannus, which could be
> traced back to an Indo-European god with
> the same name. 
> In the case of the Gautic Gaut the usual explanation
> of the origin of the word is "the shedder", "he who
> sheds semen" = man (incidentally the same meaning
> as Mannus).

Viewed in time,
       > Manu   > four classes created  
Tuisto > Mannus > generated the first three  Germanic tribes
Teiws  > Manna  >
 Gaut  > Maðr   >
       > Rig    > begot three classes

The strongest parallel would be between Mannus and ON Rig, Skt. Manu 
and Tuisto, pGmc Tiwaz or Tiuz.


 

Anthanarik



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