[gothic-l] Ostrogoths and Eagles

[B. Gendler]

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>From: "Tim O'Neill" <scatha at bigpond.com>

> 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

It is possible that they were imitating the Roman imperial eagles.
   Gendler.

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