Re: That old Odin scenario ...

From: george knysh
Message: 58163
Date: 2008-04-28

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> > GK: You could start here:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychrome_style
>
> I was redirected to a Wikipedia page titled
> 'Migration Period art'.
> Is that the one you mean?

****GK: Yes. And the subsequent one (I sent the
corrected URL). Polychromism was not yet known to the
Scythians. It was culturally endemic to Sarmats and
Alans. It influenced Bosporan Greek jewellery.****
>
> BTW I came across this
> http://tinyurl.com/3pkfmr
> http://tinyurl.com/4z4wrr
> etc
>
> It seems the ring pommel started as two mirrored
> animals.
>
>
> Torsten

****GK: Have a look at a pre-Xiongnu Ordos warrior
here:

under "Sakas and Scythians"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordos_culture

****



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