Re: Briton Brython Prython Python, Montesque

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"Alan Crozier" <name1.name2@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
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The reference to the genetic data is noteworthy in that it suggests
how
mongrelized Native Europeans are, and always have been. Turns out the
"Saxons" were simply the dudes who wore a certain style of axe. Seen
here not long ago also was a report on a skeleton of a warrior found
in
Britian, who it turns out grew up on the Mediterranean coast... with a
seafood diet that is reflected in his bones. Seems that dudes
traveling
long distances from homelands is not a new phenomena.

So- the whole issue of determining who the 'Saxons', 'Picts', 'Celts'
or whoever, is a fool's errand. And that's just the dudes. Lets not
forget that we are looking at populations that were rural and *pagan*.
Monogamy was not in fashion. As Tacitus reports, of a Celt criticized
for her wantonness, she replies:"We Celts consort with the best of men
in public, while you Roman wives do so in secret with the most vile."
Either way, paternity, and hence bloodline, is doubtful.

All we can talk about are the cultural traits in place at a certain
time and place, and *not* who it was that lived there.

Had been better if you had taken time to study the Historians up to
680's
information and facts re. the Saxons. As it is your only positive point
is
that you refer to Axes for the name as Alan C did. The rest is a mix of
missunderstanding and myths.

I haven't said a word about axes.

Alan C

Wasn't it you who related the word for Saxon back to axes? Sorry, my
mistake.

Some time ago I was talking about the relation between the short sword and the Saxons. This
thread is about the Celts and the possible relationship of that name to the word for an axe
(which someone else brought up).

Two different weapons, two different peoples and two different posters.

Alan

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Alan Crozier
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