Re: Germans seen by Tacitus

From: robin <robin_mitra_at_3nkWID7av6myHSi_2p8N3Xbh5AHydZpbs4gZxzFGujI5Gvwm04us6k4EpZhMgkTc>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:08:29 -0000

Of course you are right. To Tacitus' defence I might add that he never set a foot on Germanic lands and only wrote down hearsay. Anyway, I didn't mean that Tacitus left us an accurate picture of the Germanic people. All I am saying is that his view on the Germans resembles my view on the Orlanthi. If you take his "Germania" and the replace the gods with Orlanth, Ernlada and Elmal you will get a culture that - despite some oddities - would fit very well in Sartar (at least in my Glorantha).

> /// But what Tacite wrote was sometimes VERY FAR from reality (such as "this god is the goth Mercure", and so on) !
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