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Re: Where is Cimmeria?

Posted by Matthew on 3/21/2008, 7:38 pm, in reply to "Where is Cimmeria?"
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--Previous Message-- : i read once in a conan marvel comic letters : page that cimmeria was probably located near : denmark in ancient times. now i know its : pretty silly to argue on the location of a : fictional place but im gonna do it anyway. : : Id place cimmeria in Wales for the following : reasons: : : Cymri is the ancient name of wales (and : still prefered by some welsh today) : : the topography of wales is much closer to : what weve seen in comics for cimmeria. a : mountainous, forested cold area with little : or no sea. now this describes wales, : although they have sea its never been : pivetal to their culture like the sea is to : the danes. also denmark has no mountains. : : racially, the dark haired cimmerians seem : more like dark welsh than blonde danes : : conan hates picts (even if REH was obsesed : with them). its much more logical that this : hatred sprung up from being near them : geographically like wales is to : caledonia/scotland where picts lived. : : the welsh traditionaly have not done much : wandering like cimmerians, aside from conan. : the danes were quite migratory during the : dark ages. : : conan was a common ancient Briton name. : : : anybody have thoughts. i know its fictional : and i know conans age was long before : recorded history but i think it much more : likely REH based cimmeria on wales/celtic : culture. Cimmeria is Ireland.

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Message Thread: Where is Cimmeria? - Merzah the Mystic 3/20/2008, 6:27 pm Re: Where is Cimmeria? - Matthew 3/21/2008, 7:38 pm thanks for the brilliant insight! (nt) - Merzah the Mystic 3/27/2008, 4:19 pm « Back to thread

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