[gothic-l] Continued Review of _Odin in Azov_
Bertil Haggman
mvk575b at TNINET.SE
Fri Sep 6 13:17:52 UTC 2002
Thor Heyerdahl - Per Lilliestroem, Jakten pa Odin -
Pa sporet av var fortid, Oslo, Norway, J.M. Stenersens Forlag, 2001.
320 pages.
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Per Lilliestrom: På 200-tallet var gepidene en del av den opprinnelige
gotiske stammen som dannet en egen fraksjon og dro vestover. De gikk
inn i historien som visigotere eller vestgotere. Pa 300-tallet
under kong Ermanrik, nadde ostrogoterne den stoerste utbrdelse
av sitt herredoemme, og som haerfoerer er Ermanrik blitt sammenlignet
med Alexander den store. Men da hunerne i ar 375 kom stormende
pa hesteryggen fra oest, ble han sveket av noen av sine heruliske
undersatter, som gikk over til fienden. Etter a ha lidd nederlag mot hunerne,
forsoekte Ermanrik a hevne seg pa en av de svikefulle heruliske
hoevdingene. Men da han ikke klarte a fa fatt pa denne hoevdingen,
hevnet han seg ved a la hoevdingens hustru, Sunilda, slites i stykker mellom
to hester. Noen historikere mener at han begikk rituelt selvmord, andre
tror at denne ostrogoternes stoerste haerfoerer doede i en grotesk
blodhevnkamp med herulernes kongeklan, rosomonene, som Sunilda
tilhoerte. Den grufulle og tragiske skjebnen til Sunilda, eller Svanhilde
som hun ogsa ble kalt, ble et populaert motiv i den germanske saga-
litteraturen, ikke minst pa Island, der temaet er tatt opp i Jormundreks-sagaen
og ogsa i to av eddadiktene.
Jordanes regarded the Gepidi as a Gothic people and am not aware of any
researchers who have another opinion. Personally I am a supporter of the
Gepidi being treated on this list as Goths, and it would be interesting to know
opinions on this matter.
In 2003, hopefully, there will be extended study of archaelogical finds
using modern DNA-methods. Generally the present methods are
not sufficient.
Mr. Bertil Haggman, LL.M.
author
Member, Swedish Writer's Union
E-mail: mvk575b at tninet.se
All we know is that there was an
> eastern group of Eruli at the Black Sea.
Procopius knew of a group that decided to split from the latter
> group before accepting settlement on Roman soil and which he said
> travelled to 'Thule, the farthest corner of the world'.
> The Eruli might have been Gothicised to a certain degree over time,
> but they are mentioned as a separate group and maintained a seprate
> identity even during the Hunnic domination of Goths and Eruli.
> Ukrainian archaeologists have found no indication that the Heruls
> settled north of the Maeotis in 250AD, as far as I know.
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