Were there Huns in Anglo-Saxon England? Some thoughts on Bede, Priscus+Attila--new post by me: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/07/were-there-huns-in-anglo-saxon-england.html …pic.twitter.com/rWJeSruCvk
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Still find name Octa in Kentish royal genealogy intriguing :) Usually linked to Norse name Ottar, which some link to Hunnic Octar... ;)
Yet this Octa begat an Eormenric whose own name is supposedly ringing Frank links later allowing own son to marry Frank royal
True, though might be better to think of Gothic linkage? esp as Jutish royal house said to be part-Gothic in 9thC?
In the 9thC to be Gothic was to admit 1thC Germanic tribes confluences were very complicated who was who? To be Goth was not
Fwiw, Octa's 'father' also bears a name with 'Gothic' roots—can't help but wonder if seeing 6thC claim to inheritance of 4-5thC??
Oisc has a curious almost divine name this contemporary of Clovis would have had a grandfather fighting in time of Attila
Yes, v possibly a divine name and/or ancestor---def been argued :)
As I am still writing my kent saga I see Oisc as not divine Octa more of pirate who settles&Hengist as son of a roman soldier
Interesting grave goods. Is it determined what the pieces of the first photo are from?
They are listed simply as fittings, alas.
Well if I had to guess they might be for horse tack but I honestly have no idea without looking at a finds report and their grave positions.
That'd be my guess too. Incidentally, any thoughts on the potential origin of the cicadas/bees of Childeric in Hunnic harness decorations?
Isn't it generally accepted hat the Childeric Bees were for a Paludamentum?
Last thing I read suggested more plausible as tack... I'll try to locate! :)
I'm not sure how how many were found, but decorating a cloak with bees wouldn't be much different from the eastern style of (1/2)
the three-pearl decoration/motif. But I could totally see it being a part of Horse tack. (2/2).
The first pic with the inlaid stones really reminds me of some of the Staffs hoard pieces.
Yes, same basic technique; earliest known garnet cloisonne from the Caucasus region and Iraq :)
@caitlinrgreen I notice you have much interest in Huns. :)
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