[gothic-l] Re: Gothic music...no, not that kind

[Axeage]

Many thanks Albareiks for the info!!

>>Also, since in the Germanic world, histories and legends of great
>>heroes were passed on in song form, the fact that so many important
>>Gothic personalites such as Weyland and Ermanric and Gaut survived
>>in the Edda and in A-S poetry like Belwoulf, Widsith, Waldere and
>>Deor, also indicates the Goths had an oral tradiditon.  After all,
>>the Norse and the English had to have learned these stories from
>>somewhere, and song was the medium.

...Are the "Geats" mentioned in Beowulf actually the Goths??


Carl,



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