[gothic-l] Goths in the East

[Bertil Häggman]

For a full argument on the Gothic origin of Rus I would
like to refer you to Stefan Soederlind, "The realm of the Rus:
A contribution to the problem of the rise of the East-Slavic
kingdom", _Scandinavian Language Contacts (eds.
P. Sture Ureland and Iain Clarkson, London:
Cambridge University Press, 1984. If you have any
detailed criticism, please provide it. It may
be pointed out that of course both Slavs and Swedish
vikings have contributed to Rus but that it was
originally created by the Goths of Ermanarik's
kingdom that remained in what is now Ukraine.

Gothically

Bertil Haggman

> It is certainly conceivable that (small parts) of the Goths remained
> in South Russia, but to equate the Rus with the Goths is far fetched.
> For one thing the Slavs would probably not have referred to the Goths
> as the 'Red-Blonde People', because, at least prior to the mongol
> tatar yoke the Slavs were just as blonde as the Goths may have been.
> I found the  following site about the Rus
>
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9253/rus.html
>
> The author argues that the Rus were in fact a slavic tribe, however,
> I
> find the evidence for a Swedish-Viking origin of the Rus somewhat
> more
> compelling.



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