Insular Celtic Languages |
The Insular Celtic hypothesis concerns the origin of the Celtic languages. The six Celtic languages of modern times can be divided into:the Goidelic languages (Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic); andth...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:52:00 GMT |
Interesting Study of the Genetics of Populations of Western Europe |
Most of our genes are inherited as a mixture of genetic material from both of our parents, but there are two exceptions. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down from our mothers unchanged and so can be trace...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:42:00 GMT |
The Germanic Peoples |
The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo-European-speaking peoples, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:45:00 GMT |
The North Germanic Languages |
The North Germanic languages make up one of the three branches of the Germanic languages, a sub-family of the Indo-European languages, along with the West Germanic languages and the East Germanic lang...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:30:00 GMT |
The Picts |
The Picts The Picts were a confederation of tribes in what later was to be...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:24:00 GMT |
Norse Paganism |
Norse paganism is a term used to describe the spectrum of religious ideas which were common amongst the Germanic tribes living in Nordic countries prior to and during the process of the Christianizati...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:08:00 GMT |
Germanic Paganism |
Germanic paganism refers to the religious traditions of the Germanic peoples preceding Christianization. The best documented of the Germanic Pagan religions is 10th and 11th century Norse paganism. Sc...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:01:00 GMT |
