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... Gothic family - earlier probably by some centuries than the heroic poems of the Edda - earlier by an even longer period than the Heldenbuch and the Nibelungen- lied ; and it stands alone , beyond all question or comparison the most ...
... Gothic family - earlier probably by some centuries than the heroic poems of the Edda - earlier by an even longer period than the Heldenbuch and the Nibelungen- lied ; and it stands alone , beyond all question or comparison the most ...
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... description of the Catti remained true it is little wonder that the Hetwars overcame the Goths . prælium ire videas , Cattos ad bellum ( Ger . 30 ) . Alios ad he was a childless man , and after his death INTRODUCTION . xi.
... description of the Catti remained true it is little wonder that the Hetwars overcame the Goths . prælium ire videas , Cattos ad bellum ( Ger . 30 ) . Alios ad he was a childless man , and after his death INTRODUCTION . xi.
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... Gothic legend - nay , even farther afield - and the most resolute stickler for the historical reality of the hero himself will hardly deny the mythical nature of his adventures . But I utterly reject all rationalizing interpre- tations ...
... Gothic legend - nay , even farther afield - and the most resolute stickler for the historical reality of the hero himself will hardly deny the mythical nature of his adventures . But I utterly reject all rationalizing interpre- tations ...
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... Goths of the Swedish province vipnus , when he founded the city , may have availed himself of an old site and an old name . * Kemble , I hardly know why , calls Hrafnesholt , " the Raven's wood " ( Part III . vi . ) , Higelac's capital ...
... Goths of the Swedish province vipnus , when he founded the city , may have availed himself of an old site and an old name . * Kemble , I hardly know why , calls Hrafnesholt , " the Raven's wood " ( Part III . vi . ) , Higelac's capital ...
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... Goths with England ? and why should an English poet celebrate with such enthusiasm the great exploits in Denmark and in Gotland of a Gothic hero ? Thorpe's reply to such questions is that the poem is founded on a lost Norse Saga brought ...
... Goths with England ? and why should an English poet celebrate with such enthusiasm the great exploits in Denmark and in Gotland of a Gothic hero ? Thorpe's reply to such questions is that the poem is founded on a lost Norse Saga brought ...
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