[gothic-l] Re: Goths in Scandinavia

[Troels Brandt]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Paul Bardunias" <Bardunias at a...>
wrote:
> A number of you have mentioned contact between the migrating Goths
> and Scandinavia.  I am curious to know how much inflence Gothic-
> Steppe culture had in Scandinavia.  I am particularly interested in
> the transmittal of Indo-Aryan and Hunnic elements.
>
> I have read online about the possibility that the Heruls went back
to
> Sweden en mass.  Is this the usual internet fantasy or is this an
> accepted historical possibility?  Any opinions?
>
> Paul

That depends how you enterprete "en mass". If you look in the
archives of Gothic-l from message 6676 in December 2002 and the
following month you will find a very very long discussion of exactly
that topic.

Troels



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