[gothic-l] Re: Gothic Religion

[rikeckhart]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "fouchon21218" <emil13 at e...> wrote:
> Forgive me if this duplicates an earlier post, but--
>
> Can someone direct me to information on the religion of the
> Goths 'before' they were converted to Christianity.
>
> New Member aka Taz

Please read Herodotos Historia chapter 4:93. You will find the story
of Zalmoxis (born 713 BC)who teached that the soul after death was
going to Walhalla or a kind of heaven called "the domain of
Zalmoxis".

Rik Eckhart




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