Gotcha. This is great. Faith restored in twitter 
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No problem, glad to clear anything up.
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Random question Beowulf considered essential part of anglo saxon culture/literature, but since its about a Geatish bloke running around doing Gestish stuff, does some people thinks its an older poem/tale being written down? What makes it anglo saxon except OE?
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Well it’s not Anglo-Saxon, it’s Old English. Anglo-Saxon is not a commonly used term at the time, only used in some law codes. Anyway, there’s a lot written on Beowulf and it’s not my specialty but it’s basically a heroic past. The English still felt a connection 1/2
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @KnightlyTim and
With their perceived origins. Now, I’m of the opinion that it was written in the 8th or 9th centuries for various reasons that are hard to get into but possibly it was based on older stories. But it is not the only OE tale set in a heroic past, Widsith is similar in that regard.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @KnightlyTim and
Part of their ethnogenesis or origin of the peoples is based on them moving to Britain from the continent, and even if this is inaccurate (given the migration/invasion was likely very small numbers of people and not only from Anglia, Saxony, Jutland) that was what they thought.
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Thanks, that is all interesting. Origin stories are always essential to any group of people I suppose, and safe to say there are waaay more fluky ones that have been floating around over the ages. Going to check out the other mentioned story for sure
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Widsith is very good, I recommend that one too. And yes, there are certainly stranger origin stories. My other area of study, Ireland, has some interesting ones.
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I dont know much about Ireland and its history except the more surface level stuff, but hoping to find out more. Is irish roots/culture considered more Celtic (whatever that means) because it wasnt so heavily touched by the Romans?
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Replying to @KnightlyTim @AdmiralHip and
That makes no sense at all when I think about it, at the very least not to answer in a tweet hehe. Ill try to read up some more
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There isn’t really anything we can define as Celtic culture (well this is a matter of debate but that is my scholarly opinion). There are Celtic languages. They had some Roman influence through trade and neighbourly contact in Ireland though.
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I think I agree with this from my limited knowledge. I feel the same about Slavic culture, but thats what makes it interesting in the end :-)
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