Re: Germanic Scythians?

> > > but also of Vakhtang, the Georgian (I think it was)
> > > version of Iranian V&r&Tragna. Georgia is in the vicinity
> > > of the old kingdom of Vani, where I suggested before that
> > > the Vanir came from. Now how would a forger come up with a
> > > coincidence like that?
> >
> > What coincidence, exactly? You've pointed to superficial
> > resemblances between <Wechtam> and <Vegtamr> on the one hand
> > and between <Vakhtang> and <Vegtamr> on the other. In order
> > to claim that both are significant, you must further claim
> > that there is a connection between <Vegtamr> and <Vakhtang>.
> > This appears most unlikely, to put it mildly.
>
> And that's what I'm claiming.

Just for completeness' sake: Armenian Vahagn (also < V&r&Tragna), the
Germanic tribe Vangiones, the runic inscription 'vangijo' on weapons
finds in Denmark and the Danish given name Vagn. Add a (South?)
Caucasian or Armenian contingent (= Vanir) to the Iranian elite (=
Aesir) of the Tungri.

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Torsten