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

From: Torsten
Message: 65744
Date: 2010-01-22

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "gknysh" <gknysh@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@> wrote:
> > > --- On Fri, 1/22/10, Torsten <tgpedersen@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The safe bet for Arminius army
> > >
> > > 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.
>
> ****GK: But Ariovistus/Hariasti/Arminius was multilingual:
> Germanic, Celtic, NWB, Iranic etc.. (add as required, with copious
> "references" and "analyses" (:=))) Oops. Almost forgot: why stop
> with the Harudes? Absolutely baseless limitation! Our shape-shifter
> (also clone-prone) Ario-etc.. pushed further to the north (cf.
> Heimskringla on Odin's voyages and appearances) and laid the bases
> for subsequent pushes southward to e.g. Vistulian Gothia etc..QED
> *****

I think your theories are becoming improbable. Are you sure you are eating properly?


Torsten