User talk:Thorguds

Hi, Thorguds! Thank you for your contributions, I hope you enjoy editing here on Wikipedia! If there's anything you need help with or wonder about, just leave me a note on my talk page or send me an e-mail, whichever you're the most comfortable with. I recommend you create a user page; you don't have to write much, and it's very useful for other editors. You just put down as much as you'd like about yourself and your activity on Wikipedia. On Wikipedia there are a number of policies and guidelines, you've probably encountered a few of them already. The ones that are the most important when editing articles can be found here. Oh, by the way, you only have to sign your talk page entries with four tidles (~~~~), not the edit summaries. When people check the page history, they'll see who did the edit by default, so there's no need for a signature. Good luck with further editing, I hope to hear more from you! –Holt (T•C) 23:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Taranis

Hi Thorguds! Thank you for your message. I think I read somewhere that the rattle was meant to simulate the sound of thunder. Best regards. Phg (talk) 19:14, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Sami People

Hi Thorguds - I never stated that the 'lapp' term was vandalism in anyway, only that it is grossly misinformed, and completely wrong. First, "lapp" in Germany, Greece, or even Australia has nothing to do with the Sami in Scandinavia. Yes, it is true that place names do reflect previous occupation of the Sami, but that was only within the past one or two thousand years, and should be/is limited only to the Nordic countries. There is no evidence that the Sami were ever in Greece, or Crete and to include that statement in the article assumes that there's truth to it. "Lapp" is a common last name in German Amish, but they have no connection with the Sami. "Goose" is a high derogatory word for a woman in Somali, but that shouldn't be put in there also. "Nova" means "No Go" in Spanish, but no one is going to put that as a serious issue in the Chevy Nova article. The same applies with this article - it dosen't belong there. We are not going to put a citation of any word in the world with the letter "l-a-p-p" in it. The place-name connection has been stated, and should be left alone. You stated the connection between place-names and occupation, that is correct and you did well there, but please limit this to the above. Dinkytown talk 00:53, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi Dinkytown. This discussion is about the etymology of the term "Lapp". Again, the text did not state that the Sami were in Greece or elsewhere, it states that old place names with "Lapp" are distributed widely in Europe. You and I cannot tell if the “Lapp” term in place names around Europe are related. Everything is not known yet about the ancient history or eventual cultural relations within Europe. As I see it is more incorrect to say that these place names are not relevant, because in this way it will be impossible to understand eventual connections. I do not agree that the text I wrote is irrelevant or that it is vandalism. In fact the text that interprets the etymology of the noun “Lapp” as patches and cloth are the one that have no meaning. I cannot even see that the person have added any sources for such a statement. However, I will not remove it, even if I disagree. Some people seem to believe in such nonsense. I understand what you mean with the German Amish and the Goose, but even so the place names mentioned by me in the article is interesting. As you can read in the text e.g. “The Isle of Arran” in Scotland is mentioned. “Arran” is a Sami word and several books (including ancient sources) of Pictish history write that "Finn galls" is the same as the Norse Vikings. There are many parallels between the Sami(Lapp= Fenni) and names & customs described in these old books. Even if the information is there, it is written down in old sources and mentioned in several old books, the information has for some reason been and still is ignored by historians. I cannot tell why historians ignore such information, however my intention is to inform about what old texts and other facts tell us about history. Nearly everything is controversial, deletion or ignorance is not the best way to deal with controversies. I suggest that you eventually can add relevant additional information in relation to my text, if you are worried about the text being confusing for readers.(Thorguds (talk) 01:37, 8 November 2010 (UTC))

I am moving this page to the Sami People page as that is were the discussion belongs. See you there... Dinkytown talk 02:21, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Horagalles and Tiermes

I've rewritten both articles, adding references, especially to Horagalles, where I also reordered things and contrasted the early view of, for example, Friis that it is impossible to determine which god influenced which between Thor and Horagalles with the view that became established in the early 20th century that Horagalles is a loanword. I hope you won't see this as vandalism. I was able to view almost all of the works you used as references, and those I have added also demonstrate that Þórr-karl and its modern derivatives are simply being translated in varying ways.

I have also proposed merging Tiermes into Horagalles, starting the discussion at Talk:Horagalles#Merger proposal. Yngvadottir (talk) 04:40, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

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