[gothic-l] Name origin and meaning

[Mike Adams]

Modern Goths and Ancient Goths, maybe the modern ones
are looking for some history, and some thing more to
set them apart from us poor normals.

Maybe they will start speaking a form of Gothic to
show they alliegence with the ancient? Nah, wierd.

Morgoth
PS: Just a wierd SCAer.

> I see Goths as an ancient East-Germanic culture, who
> as a "nation", no
> longer exist.  I see no connection between the
> ancient "Goths" (Gutthiuda),
> to which this list is dedicated, and the modern
> Gothic subculture, which has
> nothing to do with this list whatsoever.
>
> I am also intrigued by the fact that even after a
> number of very clear
> explanations of the differences between the two,
> such as the one just given
> by Mr. David Salo, members of the modern Gothic
> subculture seem almost
> exclusively unable to distinguish between themselves
> and an ancient, no
> longer existing East-Germanic people even though the
> two have nothing in
> common.  Or maybe the modern Gothic subculture is
> soon to cross the Danube,
> raiding in Thrace and threatening Italy, and
> eventually to set up their
> kingdoms in Spain and Gaul? :)
>
> Albareiks
>
>


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