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as Celts, and all those on the other side as Germanii. They did not take into account the fact that some of
tribes like the Belgae considered themselves to have Germanic and Celtic influences on their culture.
The ancient Germans and Celts had many things in common so culturally it might be more correct to
group them all together as Northwest Europeans rather than separate them politically. Seen in this
context the Arthurian legends read more like a battle between heathen Europeans and the remnants of
Christian, Romanised Europeans. If this is the case, then what side are you on? Do you support the side
of the Holy Roman Empire or the side of Heathen guerrillas? One of the heathen tribes that are Arthur's
enemy is the Angles. They were a Germanic tribe who possibly took their name from the Germanic
god-hero Ing. The rune Inguz, a rune of fertility and growth, represents the god Ang, Ing or Ingvi-Frey.
Tacitus mentions the Angli as one of the tribes who worship the goddess Nerthus. Both Frey and Nerthus
through her masculinized form Njord, are associated with the Vanir. The Vanir are the gods of the elves,
crop fertility and love.
Compare the Germanic Ing or Frey to the Irish Celtic love-god Anghas. Both Anghas and Frey suffer
from sickness when they yearn for a woman they love. Anghas and Ing might share a common archetype
demonstrating the similarities and exchange between Celtic and Germanic heathen beliefs. There are
many other examples. Not all Anglo-Saxons came as warriors. In fact archaeological evidence does not
show the burning and destruction normally associated with battle and razing. Instead there may have
been more of an abandonment of Roman villas as they became increasingly run down. This created a
void that was later filled by warriors and farmers migrating because of the population pressures on the
continent. There is even evidence that Saxon and Briton settlements may have coexisted peacefully. Even
after Arthur's death at the Battle of Badon, there were still alliances made between Christian British kings
and Pagan Saxon kings in Northumbria. If Arthur does come reincarnate he is going to have a hard time
sorting out the Britons from the others. Many of the Anglo-Saxons would have taken Celtic wives
creating a genetic nightmare for the rightful king. Similarly the Welsh have mixed with Irish and Viking
colonists. The Saxons lost control of Britain in 1066 C.E. so Arthur will have to face those of Norman
and other European cultures as well. Then again what is Arthur's policy going to be toward multinational
companies?
England's Celtic neighbours remember the injustices done to them by the Old Anglo-Saxons but fail to
acknowledge their own invasions and the population flow westward from the continent toward the
British Isles. England is not made up of Saxons or Sassenach, anymore than it is Norman, Dane or Celtic.
The Industrialised North of England has suffered the same treatment as other unfortunate victims of the
Southern dominated Empire. Although there is a history of violence in some areas, people should realise
there is a longer history of an alliance between Gael, Pict and Saxon against the outside forces of the
Rome and Christianity. This sort of cultural imperialism should be resisted, as it is the common enemy
against free thought and reason. The political forces of Rome are still with us today, they have just taken
different forms and are no longer limited to one culture.
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