Re: Odp: Aesir and Vanir.
From: Ivanovas/Milatos
Message: 1145
Date: 2000-01-25
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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
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<DIV>as for the 'Atlantean hypothesis' coming up every once in a while, there
are some points that might explain why all those somehow strange theories don't
vanish.</DIV>
<DIV>Its probably the somehow deep rooted knowledge about connections between
peoples from faraway countries.</DIV>
<DIV>If we take into account that many Mycenaean graves yielded Baltic amber
(which was probably transported over land and not by just one person riding from
Mycenae to the Baltic and back), dated between the 16th and 12th cent. B.C.,
there certainly was a constant exchange between north and south.</DIV>
<DIV>And one of the newer 'Atlantis-theories', by the geo-archaeologist
E.Zangger, sees Mycenaean Troy as the origin for the Atlantis myth (not
unconvincingly described in his book: Die Zukunft der Vergangenheit,
Archaeologie im 21.Jahrhundert, Muenchen 1998). Seafarers of Mycenaean times are
supposed to have been going by ship to the coast of England for tin (although I
don't know who might have proved that).</DIV>
<DIV>Unfortunately I have no idea which consequences this might have
on the possible origin of the Vanir (although Mycenaeans did build 'gigantic'
walls I don't suppose there is any connection with Megaliths ;-)).</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes from Crete</DIV>
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<DIV>Sabine</DIV></BODY></HTML>