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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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