tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post5538105932534221799..comments2024-03-28T06:30:58.474-07:00Comments on Old European culture: Bran Vranoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-87640417227172147512021-03-25T10:21:34.386-07:002021-03-25T10:21:34.386-07:00Bran has a wider European etymology as modern Baro...Bran has a wider European etymology as modern Baron OE Beorn ourtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17909089138891384997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-23762834322055603162016-06-29T17:08:14.084-07:002016-06-29T17:08:14.084-07:00Also there is Dinas Bran in northern Wales, an old...Also there is Dinas Bran in northern Wales, an old castle on an Iron-age and maybe even bronze age hilltop devoted to "place of Bran" in Welsh. It is mobbed by crows at all times. And of course the old Welsh legend of Bran the Blessed or Bendegeit Vran/Bran in the Maginogion involves Bran as a protective power for the isle of Pritain (Britain), indeed just his head protects the isle! Even more weirdly, there is a tradition that it is buried beneath the Tower of London and its crows. There is a more modern legend that if the crows of the Tower ever die, so will go the nation. How intertwined these all are! Thank you so much for your work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-75738417402517741872015-11-15T04:47:45.219-08:002015-11-15T04:47:45.219-08:00Thank you Andrea.Thank you Andrea.oldeuropeanculturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-57942274100101672492015-11-12T07:11:46.172-08:002015-11-12T07:11:46.172-08:00Yes, the Indo European and proto Indo European lan...Yes, the Indo European and proto Indo European languages.Andrea Kisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268034653137713822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-79037478977362711032015-11-12T07:10:44.375-08:002015-11-12T07:10:44.375-08:00I first discovered your blog from a post on Facebo...I first discovered your blog from a post on Facebook. Since then while doing my own research based in little hunches I get I have been coming across your blog again and again. Great blog! I very much enjoy reading it and was happy to follow my own curiosity about a possible connection between the word/name Bran in Celtic languages and the name for Bran Castle in Romania and have it lead me, once again, to your blog. Andrea Kisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268034653137713822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-82383831225402298772015-08-01T21:31:32.607-07:002015-08-01T21:31:32.607-07:00Has there been any research into a pre-Latin commo...Has there been any research into a pre-Latin common language in Europe?<br /><br />Perhaps before Latin made its way to the north, the whole of northern, western and eastern Europe had a precursor language, which today is preserved in Slavic dialects (a very ancient language it seems). <br /><br />It also seems that Slavic has a lot of similarities with the eastern Sanskrit...Blogmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622142255280720245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-72350701195635652412015-01-16T09:47:45.887-08:002015-01-16T09:47:45.887-08:00Absolutely fascinating material and thanks!
The V...Absolutely fascinating material and thanks!<br /><br />The V is a very ancient lexeme, suggesting great antiquity to these peoples and their habitation of these lands. It can indicate a valley, a mountain overlooking a valley, a place that spreads out like a high plateau, a parting of waters, etc. Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.com