The ubiquitous Ariovistus (Was Re: The etymology of herold)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

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> --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Torsten <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> The safe bet for Arminius army
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> *****GK: Ariovistus as a shape-shifting alien: from warlord to
> priest to ??

That's a good description, except there was no shape-shifting; it was the same alien
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wodanaz
whom Gibbon called 'the Mahomet of the North'
http://gutenkarte.org/place/731/14900
chap. 26
http://tinyurl.com/ydzml8b

and then he finally got his revenge as Arminius (:=)))*****

No, Arminius is not a two-element Germanic name like Ariovistus/Harigasti.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/56890
Arminius most likely spoke NWB.


Torsten