[gothic-l] Goths and Geats

[Bertil Häggman]

Frank,

Of course they were not exactly the same.
If one wants to ponder chronology I would
say Gauts first then Goths and it is quite
possible that the Geats were Jutes but
linguistically the likeness is compelling
between Goths/Gauts/Geats.

Gothically

Bertil

> But to move to something more Gothic--The Goths and the Geatas were probably
> the same people at some (early) point, but by the time we hear of either
> one, in Scandanavia or in the Vistula basin, they're arleady separated
> geographically, and possibly culturally (the names aren't quite the same).
> When we hear of Hygelac's raid on the Hetwares in the 5th century, however,
> I think (if he is in fact a Geat) it would be rather strange to consider the
> Geats "Goths" in the same way as Theoderic's Ostrogoths in the same period
> were "Goths."



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