Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Freelance Traveller
(28 Nov 2014 17:06 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Phil Pugliese
(28 Nov 2014 19:47 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Richard Aiken
(29 Nov 2014 01:27 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Mikko Parviainen
(02 Dec 2014 08:53 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Phil Pugliese
(02 Dec 2014 17:21 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Freelance Traveller
(03 Dec 2014 00:18 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Timothy Collinson
(04 Dec 2014 03:13 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming Grimmund (10 Dec 2014 14:06 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Jeffrey Schwartz
(11 Dec 2014 13:42 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Richard Aiken
(11 Dec 2014 18:41 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Grimmund
(11 Dec 2014 20:13 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Richard Aiken
(11 Dec 2014 22:01 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Grimmund
(11 Dec 2014 22:10 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Addendum to cultural note: Naming
Richard Aiken
(12 Dec 2014 07:20 UTC)
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On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Freelance Traveller <editor@freelancetraveller.com> wrote: > In cases where the father was not known, it was > not unusual for a matronymic to be used (e.g., Hjalmar Helguson), but > another option was also seen: The use of the patronymic/matronymic form > of a deity's name: Magnus Þorsson, Helga Freyasdottir. The deitic > patronymic/matronymic was also used for foundlings. > Interesting. How far back can you document the use of diety-parentage as a bastardy mark? Dan -- "Any sufficiently advanced parody is indistinguishable from a genuine kook." -Alan Morgan