[gothic-l] Re: Goths, Gepids, Gaut

[cstrohmier at YAHOO.COM]

--- In gothic-l at y..., cstrohmier at y... wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> > Dear listmembers,
> > 
> > In addition to my latest contribution I would
> > like to point out that maybe "shed" is a
> > better translation of gjuta (giessen in German)
> > than pour in this connection.
> > 
> > On Gaut some scholars have claimed Scythian
> > influence (the Scythian Goitosyros) and that
> > Gaut would be a Swedenization of the
> > name of this Scythian god. According to 
> > Herodotos Goitosyros would be comparable to
> > Apollo.
> > 
> > Gaut's Gate is a kenning for shield. This is 
> > probably an example of Gaut being used
> > as byname for Odin.
> > 
> > Gautically
> > 
> > Bertil
> 
> Dear Bertil,
> 	I'm not sure if this was discussed before here on Gothic-
> List, but there are a few interesting quotes in the book "The 
> Norsemen" by H. A. Guerber (ISBN 0-517-60439-6) which may have
> some relation to the Gaut discussion.
> 	On pages 56 and 57 it says:  "In other parts of Germany, 
> Frigga, Holda, or Ostara is known by the name Brechta, Bertha, or 
the White Lady.   ...In Mecklenburg, this same goddess is known as 
Frau Gode, or Wode, the female form of Woutan or Odin, and her 
appearance is always considered the harbinger of great prosperity.  
She is also supposed to be a great huntress, and to lead the Wild 
Hunt, mounted upon a white horse, her attendants  being changed into 
hounds and all manner of wild beasts."  (I wonder if this, together 
with the practice of inhumation among the Goths, might suggest a 
matriarchal religion.)
> 	On page 86 under the discussion on Tyr, it says:  "A 
> distinctive feature of the worship of this god among the Franks and 
> some other Northern nations was that priests called Druids or Godi 
> offered up human sacrifices upon his altars...."  (I wonder if
> this might suggest that originally there was some connection among 
> the word Godi, the Gothic words "Gut" (Goth) and
> "gudja" (priest), and Frau Gode.)
> 	On page 348, it says:  "Odin ... was like Mercury in that he 
> taught the use of runes, while the Greek god introduced the 
> alphabet."  (Didn't Jordanes "Getica" say something
> about the Goths worshipping Mercury?) (I wonder if this, together 
with the practice of cremation among the Goths, might suggest a 
patriarchal religion.)
> Sincerely,
> Cory
P.S.
	The Gothic words "Guth" (God) and "goths" (good) and
the 
Langobardic word "Godan" (Wodan) are three more parts of the
puzzle 
to ponder.


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