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  Goths - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
According to their own traditions as recorded by Jordanes, they had come originally from the island Scandza., i.e.
Skane or Sweden, under the leadership of a king named Berig, and landed first in a region called Gothiscandza.
Thence they invaded the territories of the Ulmerugi (the Holmryge of Anglo-Saxon tradition), probably in the neighbourhood of Riigenwalde in eastern Pomerania, and conquered both them and the neighbouring Vandals.
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 Gothiscandza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The dark pink area is Gotland and the green area is the traditional extent of Götaland
After some time, when at least four generations of kings had passed after Berig, and Filimer was the king of the Goths, their numbers had multiplied.
In the 1st century AD, the mouth of the Vistula was indicated as the land of the Gutones (Pliny the Elder) or Gothones (Tacitus):
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 Goths - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Microsoft Encarta (on Swedish history), translations from Old Norse, Anglo-Saxon or Latin and the Primary Chronicle and modern scholarly works on Germanic tribes. in about the 1st century BC (but the Gutasaga leaves open the possibility of prolongued contact).
They migrated south-east along the Weichsel during the 1st century (Jordanes' Gothiscandza; see Wielbark culture), settling in Scythia, which they called Oium "waterlands", from the 2nd century (see Chernyakhov culture).
Soon they moved from here to the abodes of the Ulmerugi, who then dwelt on the shores of Ocean, where they pitched camp, joined battle with them and drove them from their homes.
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 Filimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The red area is Gothiscandza (the Wielbark culture), and the orange area is the extent of Oium (the Chernyakhov Culture).
The archaeological record shows that the population of the Gothic Wielbark culture (Poland) had indeed moved and settled in the Ukraine and mixed with the previous populations of the Zarubintsy culture, where they formed the Chernyakhov culture.
This cultural movement is widely accepted as the migration of the Goths from Gothiscandza to Oium.
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 GOTHISCANDZA Articles According to the 6th century Goth s
After some time, when at least four generations of kings had passed after Berig, and Filimer was the king of the Goths, their numbers had multiplied.
Filimer decided that everyone was to leave Gothiscandza and move to a new region named Oium (Scythia).
In the 1st century AD, the mouth of the Vistula was indicated as the land of the Gutones (Pliny the Elder) or Gothones (Tacitus):
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 Goths -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
They migrated south-east along the Vistula during the 1st century (Jordanes' Gothiscandza; see Wielbark culture), settling in Scythia, which they called Oium "waterlands", from the 2nd century (see Chernyakhov culture).
And even to-day it is said to be called Gothiscandza.
Soon they moved from here to the abodes of the Ulmerugi, who then dwelt on the shores of Ocean, where they pitched camp, joined battle with them and drove them from their homes.
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 Goths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jordanes may not even have had the work at hand to consult from, and this early information should be treated with the highest degree of caution.
They were settled for some time in the Vistula Basin (called Gothiscandza by Jordanes), from where they migrated towards the south-east.
And even to-day it is said to be called Gothiscandza.'' This account has been discussed for a long time.
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 The Ultimate Goths Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Jordanes may not even have had the work at hand to consult from, and this early information should be treated with the highest degree of caution.
They were settled for some time in the Vistula Basin (called Gothiscandza by Jordanes), from where they migrated towards the south-east.
They battled with, and temporarily subjugated, the ancestors of the Slavs (there were many Gothic loanwords in proto-Slavic), who lived between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea and ultimately settled in 'Scythia' a vast undefined region that includes modern Ukraine and Belarus (called Oium by Jordanes).
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 Goths
They were settled for some time in the Vistula Basin (called Gothiscandza by Jordanes), whence they migrated towards the south-east.
They battled with, and temporarily subjugated, the ancestors of the Slavs (there were many Gothic loanwords in proto-Slavic), who lived between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea and ultimately settled in 'Scythia' a vast undefined region that includes modern Ukraine and Belarus (called Oium by Jordanes).
Soon they moved from here to the abodes of the Ulmerugi [ Rugians ], who then dwelt on the shores of Ocean, where they pitched camp, joined battle with them and drove them from their homes.
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 Wielbark Culture information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Wielbark culture is associated with Jordanes' account of the Goths leaving Scandza (Scandinavia) and their settlement in Gothiscandza.
Gothiscandza was located at the mouth of the Vistula, and this area was given as the land of the Gutones (Pliny the Elder) or Gothones (Tacitus):
Beyond the Lygians dwell the Gothones, under the rule of a king; and thence held in subjection somewhat stricter than the other German nations, yet not so strict as to extinguish all their liberty.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
According to their own traditions, the Goths originated in a land called 'Gothiscandza', identified as southern Scandinavia.
It was population pressure which, according to their legends, caused them to move en masse to what would become their long standing homeland between the Oder and the Vistula, in what is now Poland.
While the Tervingi consolidated their realm between the Dniester and the Danube, and became known to the Romans as the 'Visigoths', the Greutungi, or Ostrogoths, were conquered by the Huns, who swept into Europe from the Asiatic steppes in the latter half of the Fourth Century.
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 RE: Amals!, (S)amals?, Amalekite?, Amalasuntha= Lucretia (Borgia?)
Dietrich von Bern better known in English as Theodoric of Verona, perhaps most famous of the Ostrogothic kings, traced the family origins to Scandanavia.
Cassiodorus said that King Berig led the Goths "long ago" from the island of Scandza and as soon as they set foot on land they named their landfall Gothiscandza.
From there the Amali marched on settlements along the coastline, making war on the inhabitants and driving them from the land.
www.new-tradition.org /forum/showthread.aspx?m=63175   (834 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Scandza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Scandza was the name given to Scandinavia by Jordanes, in his work Getica.
He described the area to set the stage for his treatment of the Goths' migration from Scandinavia to Gothiscandza.
His account contains several accurate descriptions of Scandinavia, but is also jumbled and composed of information from several sources.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Scandza   (869 words)

  
 Wielbark culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wielbark Culture (red) in the first half of the 3rd century, with the island of Gotland (pink) and the traditional extent of Götaland (green)
Gothiscandza was located at the mouth of the Vistula, and this area was given as the land of the Gutones (Pliny the Elder) or Gothones (Tacitus):
Beyond the Lygians dwell the Gothones, under the rule of a king; and thence held in subjection somewhat stricter than the other German nations, yet not so strict as to extinguish all their liberty.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wielbark_Culture   (872 words)

  
 Berig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Berig (from Baírika "bear-like"[1]) (1st century?) was according to Jordanes, the king who led the Goths from Scandza (Scandinavia) to Gothiscandza (the Vistula Basin).
They settled and then attacked the Rugians who lived on the shore and drove them away from their homes.
Archaeologists identify the settlement of Gothiscandza with the Wielbark culture in modern Poland, where it replaced the local Oksywie culture.
www.parsnava.com /biography/sdmc_Berig   (249 words)

  
 CHERNYAKHOV CULTURE Articles The Chernyakhov culture (also known
The archaeological record shows that the population of the Wielbark culture had settled in the area and mixed with the previous populations of the Zarubintsy culture.
This cultural movement is widely accepted as the migration of the Goths from Gothiscandza to Oium, of which the Goth scholar Jordanes wrote in the sixth century.
In the last decades of the second century, the Goths appear to have settled in Masovia, Podlachia and Volynia regions, but some of them moved to the area just north-west of the Black Sea.
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Gothiscandza was according to the 6th century Goth scholar Jordanes, the first settlement of the Goths after their migration from Scandinavia (Scandza).
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 Amazon.com: Gothiscandza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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the Goths give the name "Gothiscandza" to their land- ing place...
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The Goths are thought to have originated in Scandinavia (Scandza) (Sweden).
They moved to a place they called Gothiscandza [thought to be in north Poland probably mixing with some of the local people from the former Oksywie culture].
The Goth at this time are related to the Willenberg/Wielbark culture that was identified in this area.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I must protest this attack and breaking of our most sacred Gothic tradition: the tradition to bitch.
From the times of the most holy king of the Goths, Berig, to our current lord Andrew it has been our right as descendents of the good and noble people of Gothiscandza to analyze our culture and find fault.
It is not the highest achievements which tell the tale of a culture, but the lowest common denominator which describes the state of one.
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 Goths - ToseekA Search Results
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 Goth - meaning of word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The word ''goth'', as a label for fans of gothic rock, did not start gaining currency until around 1983.
===Etymology=== Goth was originally the name of a Germanic tribe, the Goths, whose traditions said that they had migrated from Scandinavia (Scandza) to Poland (Gothiscandza) and then to the Ukraine (Oium).
In southern Europe, they split into the Ostrogoths and Visigoths.
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 Gdansk - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
Like many other European cities, Gdańsk has had many different names throughout its history.
The name is thought to be derived from the settlement of Gothiscandza (Gutisk-Andja, meaning "Gothic end/frontier")http://www.statoids.com/upl.html, which was established in the area during the 1st century, and which Jordanes claimed was still used for the area in the 6th century.
Another interpretation is that the name means town located on Gdania river, hypothesized to be the original name of the Motława branch the city is situated on.
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