LL-L "Literature" 2011.08.02 (05) [EN]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Literature

Dear Lowlanders,

I believe it is fair to assume that the Germanic sagas existed as oral
literature well before they came to be recorded in writing. Once in a while
local variants of some of them are discovered (not counting modern
translations), few of them far afield.

All the more remarkable does it seem that a variant of the Krimhild Saga has
been discovered as an alleged national epic of the Chuvash people. This is
outlined in the *Eurasisches Magazin* review of the book *Attil und
Krimkilte: Das tschuwaschische Epos zum Sagenkreis der
Nibelungen*(translated from Russian):

http://www.eurasischesmagazin.de/artikel/?artikelID=20110819

Remarkably, it features not only Krimhild (~ Gudrun) but also the Hunnic
leader Attila. Indeed, some consider the character of Attila's wife Hildico
(Ildiko) to at least have influenced the Krimhild character. A shared
Eurasian theme? Where did it start? In the east or in the west? Did the
Goths have a hand in its spread?

The Chuvash people (Чăвашсем) are usually referred to as "Turkic," though
their Chuvash language (Чӑвашла) derived from Old Bolghar, which some
consider a close relative of Proto-Turkic. (It is of great importance to
historical Turkic and more general Altaic linguistics.) Today, most Chuvash
live in the Chuvash Republic (Чăваш Республики, Чăваш Ен) within the Russian
Federation, and most of them are Russian Orthodox Christians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuvash_people

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
Seattle, USA

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