Burgundus
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Burgundus was the mythical
founder of the Burgundian
tribe. He was named as one of the five sons of Armenon, or Irmin
, in Nennius
' Historia Brittonum http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=223700. Irmin was the son of Mannus
(Alanus in the Historia Brittonum), in myth variously a war god or the first man to dwell in Europe.
Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...
founder of the Burgundian
Burgundians
The Burgundians were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr , and from there to mainland Europe...
tribe. He was named as one of the five sons of Armenon, or Irmin
Irmin
Irmin may be*Old Saxon irmin "strong, whole", maybe also "strong, tall, exalted" , from Proto-Germanic *erminaz, *ermenaz or *ermunaz, in personal names *An alleged Germanic deity in some currents...
, in Nennius
Nennius
Nennius was a Welsh monk of the 9th century.He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the Historia Brittonum, based on the prologue affixed to that work, This attribution is widely considered a secondary tradition....
' Historia Brittonum http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=223700. Irmin was the son of Mannus
Mannus
Mannus is a Germanic mythological figure attested by the 1st century AD Roman historian Tacitus in his work Germania. According to Tacitus, Mannus is the son of Tuisto and the progenitor of the three Germanic tribes Ingaevones, Herminones and Istvaeones.-Tacitus' account:Tacitus explicitly...
(Alanus in the Historia Brittonum), in myth variously a war god or the first man to dwell in Europe.