Talk:Rohirrim

Should this article maybe be merged with "Rohan"? (anon. post by User:Cythraul)

More importantly, the Rohirrim are not actually a people with a folk history as so naively presented here, but an element of Tolkien's invented mythology. I have added a brief section exemplifying Tolkien's use of his sources in inventing the Rohirrim.--Wetman 15:34, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anglo-Saxon culture

It says in the article thatAnglo-Saxon culture is derived from Scandinavian culture, but as only some of the Anglo-Saxons came from Scandinavia (Jutland), I wonder if this is entirely true and should be in the article? Drogo (talk) 14:08, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this is true or should be in the article. Old English is a western Germanic language (though influenced by Old Norse). Also, the remark about Goths fighting mounted being 'relations' of the Angles and Saxons (if those indeed made up the main bulk of the immigrants from the continent, better call them Anglosaxons) is not true. First, 'Goths' is too broad a term. Second, Goths are only very distantly 'related' to the Anglosaxons (their languages differed very much, Western Germanic language vs Eastern Germanic language). Third, Goths had a only slightly more mounted warriors then other Germanic groups. The phrase as it is now "(their relations the Goths did fight mounted)" should for accuracy be changed to: "(the Huns, who weren't related to Anglosaxons at all but lived around the same time, did fight mounted). Krastain (talk) 13:08, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]