[gothic-l] Re: Gothic Dance?

[faltin2001]

The description of this 'Gothic dance' is from:

Constantine VII Porphyrgenitus: De Ceremonies Aulae Byzantinae, in
which the emperor describes the Byzantine court ceremonies. However,
as noted earlier this dance referes to the Varangian guards in
Constantinopel in the 10th century. It has nothing to do with the
East Germanic Goths.

Cheers
Dirk





--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "hrafnsnest" <wulfsligrs at c...>
wrote:
> > Hails,
> >   While doing some research, I came across something referred to
as
> > the "Gothic Dance".  The author references the "Byzantine Book of
> > Ceremonies".  Can anyone be of assistance here?  Granted,
> the "Goths"
> > mentioned were probably Varangian Guard, but what I'm looking for
> > here is a discription of the dance itself.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Valulfr
>
>
> Hi Valulfr,
>
> as Ingemar explained this has nothing whatsoever to do with the
> Goths. We have no information about Gothic dances at all. If
somebody
> described the ringelreign of Varangian bodyguards as 'Gothic dance'
> he/she simply didn't know what they were talking about.
>
> Cheers
> Dirk


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