Names of Gothic deities

[halsteis at PVV.NTNU.NO]

> we talkin prechristian......i was thinking thor, odin, loki,etc.....
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> --- On Sat, 12/22/12, halsteis at pvv.ntnu.no <halsteis at pvv.ntnu.no> wrote:

Yes, I was thinking pre-christian. I was thinking Gothic inscriptions,
because Latin writers usually write "Mars" and "Mercury".

Halstein.

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> From: halsteis at pvv.ntnu.no <halsteis at pvv.ntnu.no>
> Subject: [gothic-l] Names of Gothic deities
> To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 10:34 AM
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> Hi.
> I have been searching the archives, and the Internet, for the names of
> Gothic deities. I have the impression that there are no original sources
> for these, only reconstructions. Am I right in this?
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> By original sources I mean inscriptions in a Gothic context (on artifacts
> etc.) or in Late Antique text. That excludes Jordanes' "Mars" etc., as I
> am interested in the names more than the functions.
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