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* '''Visigoths:''' one of the two main branches of the Goths, the [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "[[fall]]" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] (who fought together with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila Attila]) were defeated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/451 451 A.D.] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetius Aetius] and the Visigoths (king [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorid Theodorid] ) in the [[battle]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chalons Catalaunian Fields] | * '''Visigoths:''' one of the two main branches of the Goths, the [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "[[fall]]" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] (who fought together with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila Attila]) were defeated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/451 451 A.D.] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetius Aetius] and the Visigoths (king [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorid Theodorid] ) in the [[battle]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chalons Catalaunian Fields] | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths Wikipedia] | ||
| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity= | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.MinkGazetteer.p0296&q1=Catalaunian A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] |
* '''fishgods''' → [[Spirits of the Water]] | * '''fishgods''' → [[Spirits of the Water]] | ||
Revision as of 11:52, 12 June 2008
- Visigoths: one of the two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "fall" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The Ostrogoths (who fought together with Attila) were defeated in 451 A.D. by Aetius and the Visigoths (king Theodorid ) in the battle of the Catalaunian Fields
- fishgods → Spirits of the Water
- Ulysses 013.04: "the fishgods of Dundrum"
- Dagon: a fishgod worshipped by the ancient Philistines
- Adapa: a fishgod associated with the Seven Sages of ancient Mesopotamian mythology
- ichthys (ιχθυς): (Greek) fish → acronym used by early Christians to denote their god Jesus Christ, from the Greek Ιησους Χριστος Θεου Υιος Σωτηρ ("Jesus Christ, Son of God [and] Saviour")
- Fintan Mac Bóchra: one of several deities in Irish mythology who could assume the form of a fish (typically a salmon); Fintan was the sole survivor of the Flood; see T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology (Dublin 1946) for a fuller treatment of the subject
