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The Onomastics of the Gothic language (Gothic personal names) are an important source not only for the history of the Goths themselves, but for Germanic onomastics in general and the linguistic and cultural history of the Germanic Heroic Age of c. the 3rd to 6th centuries. Gothic names can be found in Roman records as far back as the 4th ...
Cassiodorus who wrote down the first version used the Old Testament as a model, but he included authentic Gothic elements like the name Oium for what today is Ukraine, and haliurun(n)ae, which is a Gothic word but with a Latin ending.
In Spanish the Gothic name survives in the word godo, meaning 'noble' or 'rich'. [3] In the Canary Islands, Chile, Bolivia, Cuba and Ecuador, it is or has been a pejorative for the Peninsulares (coming from the Spanish part of the Iberian Peninsula), [ 69 ] who would claim to have pure noble Gothic blood as opposed to the dubious pedigree of ...
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [1] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule. A moniker also means a nickname or personal name.
Maleen, Goth and The Leewit (The Witches of Karres) by James H Schmitz; Narcissa Malfoy (Harry Potter) Mallenroh (The Elfstones of Shannara) Madam Malkin (Harry Potter) Mother Malkin ; Griselda Marchbanks (Harry Potter) Margarita (The Master and Margarita) Clio Martin ; Petra Martin ; Keziah Mason (The Dreams in the Witch-House)
The Infernal Names is a compiled list of adversarial or antihero figures from mythology intended for use in Satanic ritual. The following names are as listed in The Satanic Bible (1969), written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey . [ 1 ]
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Similarities between the name of the Goths, some Swedish place names and the names of the Gutes and Geats have been cited as evidence that the Goths originated in Gotland or Götaland. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] The Goths, Geats and Gutes may all have descended from an early community of seafarers active on both sides of the Baltic.