Filimer

Filimer was a legendary king of the Goths. According to the tradition of Jordanes, who led the Goths from their Siedelgebiet in the Vistula area in the Pontic area and the Black Sea He is not historically attested.

Gotensaga

To Gothic tribal legend says Jordanes ' Getica that five generations after the Conquest in Gothiscandza by Berig the population has increased dramatically, so Filimer the son Garde Rich the Great and " about the fifth" after Berig that once the Goths from the island of Scandia ( Scandinavia ) led across the sea to Gothiscandza, with the tribe went on a search for suitable settlement sites and probably was the one king who " in the lush meadows " led Oium, Scythian Goths of Gothiscandza. On the hike should this be collapsed and caused the division of the Goths while crossing a bridge. The front part was finally arrived safely at the Black Sea ..

The zahlenmystische mention Filimers as the fifth king and the blurring of the formulation at this point let Herwig Wolfram suspect that Cassiodorus reproduces a walking myth here. So there is also a fifth, according to Wolfram König, who led the Lombards into Rugiland or occur in the Croatian and Bulgarian origin in the legend five brothers, also carry with the Croats, the latter brother the name of the gene.

Ancient historians had known the Gotenstamm the 1st and 2nd century. He settled north of the Vistula knee. In the second half of the 2nd century, the migration of the Goths began to southeast. From 238 they are historically comprehensible at the mouth of the Danube. Two different nations, Tervingi and Greutungen, or West and East Goths were known not later than 291.

After Wilhelm Martens transference into German will be in the " Getica " Jordanes Filimers of emigration to the land of Scythia reports the following:

Huns Saga

Filimer were also yet another origin myth of his name; according to Jordanes ' Getica he is indirectly responsible for the emergence of the Huns. In the new Siedelgebiet arrived, had Filimer the Haliurun (s) at which " women who play magic with Sheol " banish from the Community of the tribe to which these evil spirits the steppe indulged and so witnessed the Huns. Wolfram sees in this banishment a "penalty " for a major " breach of norms of sorcery ", the most Goths apparently faced hostile and reveals parallels to the Scandinavians, which the shamanic silk magic of the Finns was considered a " monstrous and despicable ". Similarly, there must be, as tungsten, behave when the Goths, as they migrated in the Pontic area and probably met there on shamanic practices.

Wilhelm Martens translated the legendary report in the " Getica " Jordanes to descent of the Huns from Filimers Goths as follows:

Swell

Authoritative edition, although Mommsen's edition is still quotable:

• Jordanes: De origine actibusque Getarum. In: Francesco Giunta, Antonino Grillone (ed.): Iordanis de origine actibusque Getarum. Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo, Rome 1991 ( Fonti per la Storia d' Italia, 117).