Topos of Scythia in theMedieval Origogentis

• Main Author: Kazakevich, Gennadiy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Bukovinian State Medical University & Ştefan cel Mare University Of Suceava 2018
• Subjects: Скифия; античная география; Origogentis; Великое переселение народов; Сага обИнглингах; Арбротская декларация; Скіфія; антична географія; Велике переселення народів; Сага обІнглінгах; Арбротская декларація; Scythia; Greek and Roman geography; Migration period; Ynglinga saga; Arbroath declaration; Scythie; géographie ancienne; Grande migration; Saga des Inglinghes; Déclaration arbrotique; Noire; Iceland; Крайн*
• Online Access: http://e-apsnim.bsmu.edu.ua/article/view/2411-6181.4.2018.74

The concept of ‘Scythia as an ancestral homeland’ played an important role in the Medieval Origogentis. The narratives about the origin of peoples aimed to contribute the construction of new identities in Europe after the Roman empire declined. Iordanes and Isidore of Seville considered Scythiaas ei...