The awesome-named Alanii and Excalibur

[Medicus matt]

I'm reading this book called "A History of Alans in the West", Bachrach,Bernard. I'm not certain on how accurate this author is nor how trustable his sources on his work are. But there was one passage which I quote:

"They worshipped a symbol of sorts - a naked sword thurst into the bare earth.The sword (it is unclear if any sword was adequate or if there was a special one) seems to have represented the god of war who in Latin was called Mars. This god of war is the only god concerning which we have information, and may indeed have been their only god."

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You'll probably enjoy this book. It's theories have been discussed here before. They were....interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/From-Scythia-Camel...op?ie=UTF8