[gothic-l] Re: Re; Dirk

[Tore Gannholm]

>
>  > Hi Dirk,
>>
>>  Thanks, so when does Wolfram's new work come out?
>
>
>
>I am not aware that he is planning any new book on Gothic history. I
>was speaking in general terms. Hence, when Wolfram did his seminial
>work on the Goths in the 1980s a detailed analysis of the Getica to
>the extend that Christensen has done it was not available. Since,
>Christensen's study, such an analysis is available and it might
>influence future work on Gothic history, including any hypothetical
>book by Wolfram. I just wanted to underscore that this is not a
>matter of whome to believe, as you presented it. Instead, it is a
>process, with each author  fitting in a piece of the jig-saw puzzle
>and making an interpretation of how the final picture will look like.
>In my view, Wolfram and Christensen are working at the same picture.
>
>cheers
>Dirk

An important document is the paper Wolfram presented at the Symposium 
in Lidköping 1992.

Ursprung och religion -  Etniska traditioner och litteratur från 
tidig europeisk medeltid
Av Universitetsprofessor Herwig Wolfram, Wien


http://www.stavgard.com/Gotland/romaniron_/etniska/default.htm

English summary on page 24. The original paper is probably in German.

"When they met with the Odin cult, the Amals changed the genealogy 
from the god Gaut to the god Odin-Gaut, which means that the Goths 
now had a new ethnogenesis. "

"Research is a necessity, but interpretations must be made with care 
and not be used for propaganda. It is wrong to accept any statement 
without a critical mind, but it is equally wrong to accept nothing, 
in spite of scientific evidence or reasonable hypotheses. A myth may 
well contain a historical truth, the problem is to detect it."

"It is, of course, true that even a small group can keep its 
traditions alive in a new country. It is therefore not unreasonable 
to claim a Scandinavian origin, but there are other, more credible, 
even unintended indications about Scandinavian origins. "

"Wolfram argues that the concept, that all barbarian history is 
nothing but litterature, is wrong. He feels that there is always a 
core of historical tradition hidden somewhere. He specially mentions 
Walter Goffart's "Narrators of Barbarian History" in which these 
simplifications are made."

Tore
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