[gothic-l] Re: Jordanes and the Scandinavian Eruli

[george knysh]

--- Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at swipnet.se> wrote:

>
> When Jordanes talks about Herulis and Danis perhaps
> it could be
> interpreted as the ruling dynasty only.
>
> Tore

*****GK: Yes, I think this is a good point. Perhaps
more precisely "ruling dynasty+some followers". There
are many similar examples available. For instance
until recently it had been thought that when the
Scythians "expelled" the Cimmerians, all Cimmerians
left. But further archaeology demonstrated that only a
part did, and many if not most remained and were
incorporated into Scythia, changing their identity.
And later, it also transpired that in the 13th c. only
a small part of the ruling Cumans (Polovtsi) were
expelled from the steppes by the incoming Mongol-led
Tatars. Most Cumans stayed put and in a few
generations became Tatars. A similar explanation is
certainly worth investigating for the matters Gothic
and Scandinavian we are discussing.*****
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