Re: Nimrina phonology
| From: | Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 22, 2006, 15:17 |
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Hallo!
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:58:37 -0500, Herman Miller wrote:
> Well, I may have misinterpreted Jörg's post in the other thread. I
> thought he was saying the pre-Germanic population (which the huldror /
> huldre(r) are theorized to be memories of) may also have been behind the
> legends of Atlantis. But it's possible he meant that his "Elves" may
> have been the original Atlanteans.
Yes, I meant the latter. The "Elves" were the Atlanteans. But it is very
well possible that the pre-Germanic population was linguistically and
genetically related to the "Elves". We don't know. But the pre-Germanic
people, like the "Elves", were *humans* and not any kind of fox-tailed
furries :)
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