[gothic-l] Re: Names of Heruls

[Einar Birgisson]

--- In gothic-l at y..., dirk at s... wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "Troels Brandt" <trbrandt at p...> wrote:
> > --- In gothic-l at y..., dirk at s... wrote:
> > > I am not claiming anything. I just 
explained by 
> 
> Thule, is that Norway or Sweden for Procopius? Usually it is seen 
as 
> Norway sometimes the Orkneys and sometimes even Iceland as far as I 
> know. The question maybe analogue to what Procopius understood 
under 
> Britannia/Britta. There is good reason to believe that he thought 
that 
>  Britannia/Britta is the same as Jutland. Others think that he 
> confused Britain with Britany, while at the same time confusing it 
> with a mythtical island of the dead. In general, it is clear that 
he 
> knew very little about that region let alonge Thule.
> 
>  Einar,  Hæ Dirk.                                                  
     
     There was no Sweden or Norway in Procopius days. As you of 
course do know.  If you look at a map, then you see that Scandinavia 
is a landmass of its own. It is a peninsula. There are no natural 
landmarks to make any distinction between Norway or Sweden.         

My point: It is obvious that Procopius was neither talking of Norway 
nor Sweden, but the Scandinavian peninsula.    I think that your
question above is answered now. 
 
You say that usually Thule is seen as Norway. I do not agree with 
that. 
> 
> Herulic group would have been much smaller; 2,000 at most, probably 
> only a couple of hundreds, maybe only members of an extended 
family. 
> They would have blended into the society of that area without any 
> trace, which seems to be supported by negative evidence as no 
source 
> of later years ever mentioned the name of the Heruls in Sweden or 
> Norway. 
> 
Einar; This is very interesting. On what basis do you claim that the 
Heruli group moving to Scandinavia was only a couple of hundred 
people. At most 2000 in number ???? 

   Bless,bless, Einar.

> 

> 
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