[gothic-l] Re: More on the Gothic-Slavic link

[andreas.schwarcz at UNIVIE.AC.AT]

Dear Dirk,
yes, I think the case of the Hevelli is similar. The oldest source 
mentioning them is the Bavarian Geographer ca.845 AD, who calls 
them Hehfeldi. Next are Widukind of Corvey, I, 35, "Sclavos, qui 
dicuntur Hevelli" and Thietmar  of Merseburg, IV, 29, "Stoderaniam 
qui Heveldun dicuntur" and a charter of Otto I (MGH DO I 105) of 
948 AD "provincia Heveldun". Their name is derived from the river 
Havel, their proper slavic name seems to have been Stodor'ane. 
There was a sanctuary of the god Triglav on the Harlungenberg near 
Brandenburg and that may have had some influence on the 
historizing misnaming of them as Heruli in the eleventh century. 
But the citations with Hevelli or Heruli are clearly younger than the 
ones cited above.
Kind regards
                      Andreas
Ao.Univ.Prof.Dr.Andreas Schwarcz
Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung
Universität Wien
Dr.Karl Lueger-Ring 1
A-1010 Wien
Österreich
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