Originally posted by Janus Mariusyou forgot Vikings. But then again, they ****ed off to America and came back without telling anyone. 🙁
That's because the Saxons came later. And they came in waves, along with the Angles and Jutes. And the Anglo-Saxon culture was later meshed with the Norman French one.
Originally posted by §P0oONY
[B]They Celts were the Gauls, The Roman's called them Gaul, the Greek's called them Celts.
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Map of Gaul circa 58 BCGaul (Latin Gallia, Greek Galatia) was the region of Western Europe occupied by present day northern Italy, France,Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul
Guess maybe I am Celtic. 😎
Strangely enough, some Greek historians accounted the Celts among the "lost" Tribes of Israel... this was mainly down to two things... firstly, the Celts that originally came into contact with the Greeks were travelling in the right direction to be Israelites releasd from Captivity... and secondly, the Greek mame "Keltoi" means nomads, or wanderers, as does the Aramaic Habiru, from which we get Hebrew....
Originally posted by lord xyz
Celt is the greek name? Then what did they call themselves?
They identified themselves with their tribe as opposed to the entire culture. One would consider themselves as Atrebate, Belgae, Brigantes or Iceni rather than as a member of a celtic or gaulish nation. That was until the influence of Rome's might encouraged them to unite in defense.
Originally posted by lord xyz
did you know celts never invaded anything?
Various Celtic and Gaulish tribes were continually invading the lands of others.
Dr. pookie is right. Though most of the classic viking/nordic -culture- stems from Norwegian artifacts, most of the the "Vikings" by meaning were Danish. A simple google or two bring up the meaning of viking or "to go a-viking". Although, if anyone says the Vikings were Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish, they'd be correct. (getting my major to teach Northern European History 500CE-1100CE)
Originally posted by Janus Marius
In a sense, a lot of people are. Especially in the U.S. Hell, half of the U.S. can claim Germanic ancestry, and an equally good portion has Irish blood. And Celtic roots in a lot of things stays with us, probably because in the Middle Ages learning was preserved in monasteries in Ireland while the rest of Europe fell into darkness.
Both my parents were born in W.Africa and apparently I have some portugese blood, but as far as im concerned I have Germanic ancestry because I have a bond with the Norse Gods. Therefore I have a spirtual bond with all the people that have honoured them.
Originally posted by MightyEInherjar
Dr. pookie is right. Though most of the classic viking/nordic -culture- stems from Norwegian artifacts, most of the the "Vikings" by meaning were Danish. A simple google or two bring up the meaning of viking or "to go a-viking". Although, if anyone says the Vikings were Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish, they'd be correct. (getting my major to teach Northern European History 500CE-1100CE)
many possible origins of the word viking. Only some of which fit our impression of them. Vik and variants of the word in various languages of the time can mean: pirate/sailor/fisherman/trader/priest/lord/farmer.
However, basically:
Norwegians went north atlantic: Scotland, Ireland, Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, Vinland (North America somewhere no-one sure where.)
Danish: North Sea/Med/Irish Sea/Eng Channel. Therefore: France/Ned/Spain/Italy. Normans (men from the north) of Danish descent. North Africa too
Swedish: Went east: Poland/Russia/Ukraine right down Black Sea through Byzantium and out into Med.
They got around a bit. Raiding/trading/settling/ruling/soldiering. Any way they could make cash they did it - preferably as easily as possible.
Originally posted by baracustastic
many possible origins of the word viking. Only some of which fit our impression of them. Vik and variants of the word in various languages of the time can mean: pirate/sailor/fisherman/trader/priest/lord/farmer.However, basically:
Norwegians went north atlantic: Scotland, Ireland, Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland, Vinland (North America somewhere no-one sure where.)
Danish: North Sea/Med/Irish Sea/Eng Channel. Therefore: France/Ned/Spain/Italy. Normans (men from the north) of Danish descent. North Africa too
Swedish: Went east: Poland/Russia/Ukraine right down Black Sea through Byzantium and out into Med.
They got around a bit. Raiding/trading/settling/ruling/soldiering. Any way they could make cash they did it - preferably as easily as possible.
Nice sig by the way. 😆