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tgpedersen@... wrote:
> What was the question then (obvously I didn't get
> it)? Should Snorri
> have mentioned the Volga?
*****GK: Snorri's geography of southeast Europe is not
overly precise. He seems to think that the Sea of Azov
is part of the Don. But that is not the crux of the
"Odin" problem. And it is just possible that his
"Tanakvisl" refers to some combination of Volga and
Don (well known to Scandinavian traders and warriors
of ca. 1000 AD). With one "kvisl" (fork) standing for
the Volga where it flows into the Caspian, and another
"kvisl" for the Don itself and the Sea of Azov (Palus
Maeotis) at whose "bosphorus" were the main cities of
the Bosphoran Kingdom. But with such an interpretation
of "Tanakvisl" ASGARD would be even further east, in
fact east of the Volga. This is all like sand flowing
though one's fingers... I'll get to the Bastarnae
later.*****
>
> Torsten
>
>
>
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