[gothic-l] Translating creeds?

[Marja Erwin marja-e@riseup.net [gothic-l]]

I mean the Gothic seasons and harvest-times should line up with those in either Bulgaria or Ukraine [or Romania, which has it’s own set] rather than those in England. And some traditional month names might be earlier or later in the year than in England.

On Jan 3, 2015, at 7:58 PM, edmundfairfax at yahoo.ca [gothic-l] <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Why the Gothic month-names should line with those in Slavic rather than those in the other early Germanic languages escapes me. The names of the months in Old English, for example, do in fact appear to relate to the rhythms of agricultural life and pagan beliefs, as one would expect of an proto-calendar:
> 
> 
> se aerra geol = 'the earlier Yule (month)'
> se aefter(r)a geol = 'the later Yule (month)'
> solmonath = 'mud-month'
> Hrethemonath = 'Hrethe-month' (Hrethe is apparently an earlier heathen deity)
> Eastermonath = 'Easter-month' (likewise the name of earlier heathen deity it seems)
> thrimilcemonath = 'thrice-milch-month'
> se aerra litha = 'the earlier summer-solstice-period'
> se aefter(r)a litha = 'the later summer-solstice-period'
> weodmonath = 'weed-month'
> haligmonath = 'holy-month'
> winterfylleth = 'winter-filth'
> blodmonath = 'blood-month'
> 
> Edmund


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