[gothic-l] Adogit

[Beril Haggman]

Le,

Not unusually there are a number of 
different opinions of this people 
mentioned by Jordanes. One is
that he refers to the (h)alogii from
Halogaland in northern Norway.

Gothically

Bertil

> In Jordanes work section on the Goths Georgraphics he mentioned  a people
> called the Adigot, or Agidot who are these people.
> Le

> Those who have published after 1945.
> 
> My personal view is that Hoops Encyclopedia,
> 2nd ed., provides a good bibliography and some
> valuable insights concerning the possible
> migration of the Goths from Scandza (Scandinavia).
> Especially important is the linguistic connection
> between Gauts, Goths and gutar. Also important
> is the additional information Jordanes provided
> on Scandza. He did not just mention the island
> but provided a long list of peoples, which according
> to him lived on the island (that is the Scandinavian
> peninsula). These rich detail further enhances the
> probability of the Jordanes information.
> 
> It is however important to stress the additional
> cultural influence of the Goths. They were certainly
> not only Scandinavians when they reached Italy
> and Spain.
> 
> Or as Professor Hermodsson expressed it:
> 
> "Det gotiska folk som senare traeder fram i historien
> bestod dock inte bara av aettlingar till gamla nordbor.
> Det haende inte saellan i Germanien att individer eller
> grupper gick oever fraan en stam till en annan, saerskilt
> till framgaangsrika folk, och inte minst goterna fick
> anslutning fraan olika haall. Det nya blodet aendrade
> uppenbarligen inget av det nedarvda samhaellslivet
> men betydde tillvaext och ny styrka i det vandringsliv
> som goterna boerjad (efter utvandringen till Vistula-
> omraadet, anm.).
> 
> In an interesting section on Roman-Germanic inheritance of
> the Goths Professor Hermodsson points out:
> 
> "Sedan gammalt bar germanerna de fria maennens
> laanga haar som foell ner oever skuldrorna...Och det foerblev
> ett kaennetecken som tydligt skilde goter fraan de kort-
> klippta romarna. En annan gammal och kaer sed var den
> för filosofen Synesios saa foerhatliga vanan hos goterna
> att aeven haer nere i dessa varma laender klae sig i paels...
> Paelsen var haer nere blott och bart en statusdraekt som paatagligt
> vittnade om forna hemtrakter."



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