[gothic-l] Ostrogoths and Eagles

[Tim O'Neill]

dirk at smra.co.uk wrote:
>
> Hi, a short question: is there any information about the meaning of
> the eagle in Ostrogothic culture? Given all the Ostrogothic eagle
> fibulae, the eagle seems to have been of special significance to them.
> What is its meaning...a royal symbol? and/or spiritual symbol?

While eagles appear as a motif in some later northern Germanic art, the
Goths don't seem to have adopted it until after they lived on the Ukrainian
steppes, and they seem to have analogues in Sarmatian and earlier steppe
art.  As for what they symbolise, that would have to be pure speculation.
Cheers,

Tim O'Neill
http://pages.ancientsites.com/~Thiudareiks_Flavius/germanic-l.html

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