Re: [tied] Satarchae, Sadagarii, Sagartioi, Sargetae, Asagarta; Ã

At 5:30:38 PM on Tuesday, December 14, 2010, Torsten wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <bm.brian@...> wrote:

>> At 4:20:35 PM on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, Torsten
>> wrote:

>>> http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Heimskringla/Ynglinga_Saga#Of_the_People_of_Asia.

>> [...]

>>> I can't see anything in that description that would be
>>> improbable for a ruler of an Iranian upper layer /
>>> nomadic people.

>> Perhaps, but that's only Ch. 2. Then there's Ch. 7:

[...]

> I'll let you in on a secret, Brian, if you promise not to
> tell: I don't think he actually did that.

I know. Your faith in your sources is as selective as your
ignorance of source criticism and medieval practice is
profound. I rarely bother to comment on this sort of
nonsense nowadays, but I was in the mood to practise my Old
Norse.

Brian