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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1832114" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p>And since it's been a really long time since I read that, and I can't seem to find the source that I read that in, you're probably right and I'm probably wrong, Umbran.</p><p></p><p>As to the original question of the thread, Roman, I think you're a bit confused by the terminologies, which is understandable. Germanic doesn't equate to German, which is the confusing thing. Norse/Scandinavian, and German and Anglo-Saxon and Gothic and others are <em>subsets</em> of Germanic in the same way that Cockney, or Southern Drawl, or West Coast Australian are subsets of English. It's also important to remember that they are primarily <em>linguistic</em> designations, though, and although culture and actual genetic makeup and such usually correspond fairly closely to linguistic entities, they don't necessarily. It's fairly easy to come up with counter examples. Shaquille O'Neal isn't Irish, for instance, despite his last name, nor is he of Germanic descent despite the fact that he speaks English, a Germanic language.</p><p></p><p>The other thing to keep in mind, and I'm not sure how clearly it's been spelled out, is that there is no "absolute" correct interpretation of Germanic, or any other, mythos really. It depends on location both geographically and temporally, and there are big changes as you move around in space and time. In many ways Sturleson's work is the most definitive interpretation, but that's really only because it's the best documented. It's debatable if anyone actually ever believed in the mythos as Sturleson wrote it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 1832114, member: 2205"] And since it's been a really long time since I read that, and I can't seem to find the source that I read that in, you're probably right and I'm probably wrong, Umbran. As to the original question of the thread, Roman, I think you're a bit confused by the terminologies, which is understandable. Germanic doesn't equate to German, which is the confusing thing. Norse/Scandinavian, and German and Anglo-Saxon and Gothic and others are [i]subsets[/i] of Germanic in the same way that Cockney, or Southern Drawl, or West Coast Australian are subsets of English. It's also important to remember that they are primarily [i]linguistic[/i] designations, though, and although culture and actual genetic makeup and such usually correspond fairly closely to linguistic entities, they don't necessarily. It's fairly easy to come up with counter examples. Shaquille O'Neal isn't Irish, for instance, despite his last name, nor is he of Germanic descent despite the fact that he speaks English, a Germanic language. The other thing to keep in mind, and I'm not sure how clearly it's been spelled out, is that there is no "absolute" correct interpretation of Germanic, or any other, mythos really. It depends on location both geographically and temporally, and there are big changes as you move around in space and time. In many ways Sturleson's work is the most definitive interpretation, but that's really only because it's the best documented. It's debatable if anyone actually ever believed in the mythos as Sturleson wrote it. [/QUOTE]
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