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Talán ez a magyarázat:

 

"Attila rex ..... danorum"

 

/Kálti Márk és Thuróczy krónikából/

 

In the Hungarian myth of the White Stag, Ménrót or Nemere (synonymous with Nimrod, the biblical founder of Babylon), fathers twin sons, Hunor and Magor, by his wife Eneth.  Hunor and Magor become great hunters, and a white stag they are chasing leads the twins to Scythia.  There they take Sarmatian brides and father the Hun and Magyar tribes.  

This could be nothing more than just a made up story, but there are some things about the myth which indicate it does have Mesopotamian origins.  First, the name of Ménrót's wife, Eneth, is close to the Assyrian name of Nimrod's wife, Anuta.  Ménrót's father in the myth is Tana, whereas the father of Nimrod was the Sumerian king Etana.  Most convincing is that there is a similar Assyrian account whereby Nimrod also fathers twins, one of whom is named Magor, just as in the Hungarian myth.  To pile on one more tantalizing tidbit, the people of ancient Subartu which was in northwestern Mesopotamia not far east of Ugarit and Mt. Zephon (modern Mt. Aqraa), believed themselves also to be descended from Nimrod.

I don't know about you, but I'm convinced.  Uyghur, Ugric, I'll bet you dollars to donuts those terms originate with Ugarit, or alternately, all three share the same (unknown) origin.

I am not one bit surprised that the Huns and the Vikings shared roots in Mesopotamia. The two peoples had much in common, both being fearless, bloodthirsty plunderers, in fact you could easily call the Huns Vikings on horses, or the Vikings Huns in ships.  Both drank from the skulls of their enemies, as I have pointed out.  (To be correct, it is unknown if the Huns drank from skulls, but there are historical accounts that the tradition was practiced by the Xiongnu, by Scythians and by Krum, a Khan of the Bulgars, all of whom connect to the Huns.)  It is not known if the Huns practiced human sacrifice or not, but the Armenian chronicler Moses Daskhuranci recorded that they offered horses as burnt offerings to their gods. 

There is one other allegation floating around which connects the Huns and the Vikings at a more recent date.  I can't vouch for it, but it should at least be mentioned.   Some contend that Uldin, a great chieftain of the Huns of the late 4th century, and Odin (Woden), the great king of the Vikings were one and the same person.   The guessed life-spans of the two differ by a couple hundred years, but there are some correllations between Uldin and Odin which are intriquing -

Uldin – It would be difficult not to notice the similarity between the name of the Hunnic “king”, and the name of the Asian leader of the Norse Sagas named Odin. Odin is characterized as a great warrior who won many battles upon crossing the River Don. The historic Uldin was considered by some authors to be the man who united the Huns and led them to their decisive victory over the (Eastern) Ostrogoths who became subjects of the Huns. The link between the Goths and the Huns is reflected in their joint campaign (possibly led by Uldin) against Adrianople where two thirds of the army of 80,000 men and the Emperor Valens were destroyed on 9 August 378.  In 400 a German rebel named Gainas incurred the wrath of Uldin who, with some considerable effort, finally managed to beat the forces of his opponent, and Uldin sent the slain man’s head to Constantinople on 3 January 401 to be displayed – with the demand that he be paid “gifts”, thereby sealing a treaty with the Eastern Romans. This historical record bears some similarity to the Odin from the Sagas whose story is tied in with the severed head of a man…

…Either way it appears that there was a solid link between the two peoples whose lifestyle and culture at the time did not differ in any significant way.