08-03-2009, 08:58 AM
Exactly.
The "man in the north," at least the element with Cunedda, moved south. And by the time the Saxons identified them as "weals" (Welsh), meaning foreigners (to their own Saxon culture), these Celts were calling themselves "Cymry." That term had a specific meaning, perhaps like "the people, as in "people with a comon identity." Where the Picts fit into this, I'm not sure. But historians claim the Picts were not aborigonals, yet rather an older group of Celtic people who arrived in some time unbeknownst. Yet in both groups we find tribal identity.
The "man in the north," at least the element with Cunedda, moved south. And by the time the Saxons identified them as "weals" (Welsh), meaning foreigners (to their own Saxon culture), these Celts were calling themselves "Cymry." That term had a specific meaning, perhaps like "the people, as in "people with a comon identity." Where the Picts fit into this, I'm not sure. But historians claim the Picts were not aborigonals, yet rather an older group of Celtic people who arrived in some time unbeknownst. Yet in both groups we find tribal identity.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
