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A summary of the ideas in this paper (that helmet designed so wearer appeared one-eyed in a hall) available here, btw http://www.suttonhoo.org/conference-2011.asp …
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@caitlinrgreen Woden seems a better chosen word as aligned w/Continental Wotan Saxons Angles and jutes were germanic , not Norse tribes -
@morangles Pondered that, but article goes w/ Odin & signif Scandinavian influence on area---Newton argues E Anglian royal family=Swedish! -
@caitlinrgreen Angeln- is not Schleswig-Holstein,Sweden Knowledge of Northern Europe was very vague until 9thC and for good reason -
@morangles Not true, I'm afraid :) Norwegian etc element in "Anglian" England from L5thC, well-established by Hines etc since 1980s. There > -
@morangles > was continued strong Scand links to 7thC, but then died back in favour of Franks, Byzantines etc :) -
@caitlinrgreen Sutton Hoo helmet may have been Nordic as certainly totally unlike helemets same period Ostrogoth/Vandal/Franks
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@caitlinrgreen @SteveWold007 Doubt it. Isn't it more about emphasising personal appearance/wealth? -
@WWargamers @SteveWold007 Very possibly, but the article makes some interesting points :)
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@caitlinrgreen Öh. Rather far reached. Why would it be like that? -
@tabularius garnets would have sparkled under one eye & not other, so referencing 'One-Eyed God' (later Odin). Paper offers parallels fwiw -
@caitlinrgreen I thimk you are right, but to have mask personified? Well it's only opinion. Enjoying your posts :)))) ¥¥)
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@caitlinrgreen @SteveWold007 with no beard and two eyes? I would have to say unlikely.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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