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Irminones
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The '''Irminones''', also referred to as '''Herminones''' or '''Hermiones''', were a
Germanic tribes Germanic proto-tribe or cultural group.
The name Irminones comes from
Tacitus’s ''
Germania (book) Germania'' (98 CE) who categorized them as one of the tribes of
Mannus. Other
West Germanic proto-tribes were the
Ingvaeones and
Istvaeones. However, all he says is that they lived in the ''Central region''.
Image:Codanus sinus.PNG thumb|200px|right|The shores of Codanus sinus, in red, with its many islands in green
Pomponius Mela writes in his ''Description of the World'' (III.3.31) in reference to the
Kattegat and the waters surrounding the Danish isles (see the
Codanus sinus):
: On the bay are the
Cimbri and the
Teutons Teutoni; farther on, the farthest people of
Germania, the '''Hermiones'''.
Mela then begins to speak of the
Scythia Scythians.
Pliny the Elder Pliny's ''Natural History'' (4.100) claims that the Irminones include the
Suebi,
Hermunduri,
Chatti,
and
Cherusci.
In
Nennius the name ''Mannus'' and his three sons appear in corrupted form, the ancestor of the Irminones appearing as
Armenon. His sons here are Gothus, Valagothus/Balagothus, Cibidus, Burgundus, and Longobardus from whence come the
Goths,
Valagoths/Balagoths,
Cibidi,
Burgundians and
Lombards.
They may have differentiated into the tribes
Alamanni,
Hermunduri,
Marcomanni,
Quadi,
Suebi) circa 10 CE. At this time the
Suebi,
Marcomanni and
Quadi had moved southwest into the area of modern day
Bavaria and
Swabia. In
8 BCE, the Marcomanni and Quadi drove the
Boii out of
Bohemia.
The term
Suebi is usually applied to all the groups that moved into this area, though later in history (ca. 200 CE) the term
Alamanni (meaning "all-men") became more commonly applied to the group. This became the basis for the
French language French name for
Germany and the Germans.
The Viking Age Norse form of the name Irmin (Jormun) can be found in a number of places in the Poetic Edda as a by name for Odin. This pans with both the historical circumstances of the Irminones in relationship to Rome, Widukinds confusion over whether Irmin was comparable to Mars or Hermes, and with Snorri Sturluson's allusions at the beginning of his Prose Edda; that Odin's cult appeared first in Germany and then spread up into the Ingaevonic North
Category:Ancient Germanic peoples
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