[gothic-l] Re: Hello

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at N...> wrote:
> Can someone tell me why there were only VisiGoths and OstroGoths 
and no
> Nordsce or SudaGoths. 


Hi, 

your question seems to be based on a common misunderstanding, which 
translates Ostrogoth with Eastern Goth and Visigoth with Western 
Goths. In reality these names meant something pertaining to 'the 
splendid, glorious or shining' and have nothing to do with east and 
west, so there should also be no question about south and north.


cheers,
Dirk






What ancestor did they claim descent from.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "einarbirg" <einarbirg at y...>
> To: <gothic-l at y...>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:37 PM
> Subject: [gothic-l] Re: Goths, Eruls and Scandinavian Southeast 
Europe
> Contacts
> 
> 
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "Bertil Haggman" <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> > Dear Listmembers,
> >
> > In a book published 1994 the authors (L.Rhodin-V. Lindblom
> > and K. Klang) brought up Scandinavian contacts with
> > southeastern Europe. The title of the book has been posted
> > by me in a short bibliography earlier. The Goths, so the authors,
> not unlikely
> > came from south Scandinavia. Certain parts of the Edda,
> > according to these researchers, had been directly translated
> > from Gothic to Icelandic.
> >
> 
> **** Hæ Bertil.
> 
>  This is interesting. Why do they say that.? Do they have any strong
> evidence/arguments for this claim? Are they professionals,linguists
> etc? Some info. would be appreciated.
> 
> In your very informative and interesting article in Migracijske teme
> and in  Alvar Ellegard´s article about the Eruli(Scandia) you talk
> about Otto von Friesen´s claims about the laws of inheritance on the
> female side in Värend-Sweden and connecting this to the Heruli.
> How could he claim so?
> Very interesting because the East Scand. chieftainly families
> connected with skaldship,swine worship, etc did  respect women very
> much which is obvious when reading Barði´s book. Women of those
> families enjoyed a much higher status than normal in society.
> That is reflected in name practices etc,etc.
> 
> 
> Bless Einar.
> 
> 
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