[gothic-l] Re: "Eruli", "Goths", "Danes" and wherefrom the runes

[lindarichters <lindarichters@yahoo.com>]

> Naturally there were no Heruli existing in the 9th and 10th
centuries when Iceland was settled so therefore there were no Heruli
among the settlers. But among the settlers there were powerful
aristocratic families presumably of Swedish descent that could have
been the descendants of aristocratic Heruli families.

As this position is entirely unfounded, the use of words and phrases
like "presumably" and "could have been" is in order. The consensus of
both ancient writers and modern scholarly opinion have established
Norway as the overwhelming place of origin for both Icelanders and
Faroe Islanders (see Book of Settlements and related scholarship). A
more relevant question for a Gothic list might be: where did the
Goths originate?

> There can be put forward rather extensive argumentation for this
hypothesis and these arguments are presented in the book "The Origin
of the Icelanders", which is the English version. The translation
was made by professor Lee M. Hollander at the University of Texas
(1967).

How does this relate to the historical East Germanic people known a
the Goths?

Linda Richters


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