-Caveat Lector-
All these "well attested" names rate as "blatant exercises in
"North European chauvinism," because the "American" hemisphere
was not named by "red" or "native" people... Now scientists
find "caucasoids" [an ugly word] may have lived there too, in
the distant past. Surely "red" people were dominant, since the
caucasoids vanished, and they weren't necessarily "holocausted",
although (some of) the Aztecs conducted frequent human sacrifices
-- as did some of the Canaanites, Hebrews, Hittites, Druids,
etc... Which may well explain certain "out of place" artifacts
that vex certain "Amerindian" chauvanists. Soon, by way of
DNA analysis, the record will be clarified, to the chagrin of
would-be "experts" who seem to think boats from the east Atlantic
didn't cross the waters until Colombus grew up.
Bob Tatman wrote:
>
> Helluland, Markland, and Vinland are well-attested from the sagas.
> Please show me where in the sagas the name "Ommerike" occurs.
> If there were any truth to this blatant exercise in North European
> chauvinism, we would find evidence for the name's use in the sagas.
> Q.E.D.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Kingsbury [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 2:19 AM
>> Subject: [CTRL] Did The Vikings Name America?
>>
>> http://www.orangestreet.demon.co.uk/Vikings.htm
>>
>> Did The Vikings Name America?
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Therefore, it is herewith submitted that the word "America" is
>> simply a phonetic derivation of an ancient Norse compound word
>> "omme-rike". In its simplest translation from the largely
>> four-letter language of the Viking discoverers of the New World,
>> it means "the remotest land". The various parts of the New World
>> were referred to in the Icelandic Sagas as Helluland (Stoneland),
>> Markland (Woodland) and Vineland (Wineland). "Omme-rike" would
>> have been the logical name to apply to the great land mass as a
>> whole.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>
>
>
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic
screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters
and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright
frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects
spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL
gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers;
be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and
nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
