Mannus (God)
According to Tacitus, Mannus was the legendary progenitor of the Teutons .
The name Mannus is only used in Tacitus' Germania , c. 2.2 attests:
“Celebrant carminibus antiquis (quod unum apud illos memoriae et annalium genus est) Tuisconem deum Terra editum et filium Mannum originem gentis conditorisque. Manno tris filios assignant, e quorum nominibus proximi Oceano Ingaevones, medii Herminones, ceteri Istaevones vocentur ”
“As ancestors and founders of their people, they glorify [the Teutons] in old songs - the only kind of historical tradition they have with them - Tuisto , a god who grew up from the earth, and his son Mannus. They attribute three sons to Mannus, after whose names the Inguions nearest to the ocean, who are said to be called Herminones in the middle, the rest of the Istävons. "
He is thus the progenitor of the Inguionen ( Ingaevonen ), the Herminonen and the Istävonen . Mannus is perhaps the Latinization of the West Germanic nominative singular * mann 'Mann, Mensch'> ahd. , As. Man , ae. man [n] , mon [n] or accusative singular * mannun .
literature
- Norbert Wagner : Latin-Germanic "Mannus". To Tacitus Germania c. 2 . In: Historische Sprachforschung 107 (1994), pp. 143-146.
- Alfred Bammesberger : "MANNUM / MANNO" in Tacitus and the name of the m-rune . In: Contributions to name research, New Series 34 (1999), pp. 1–8.
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .