The Suarines or Suardones were one of the Nerthus worshipping Germanic tribe s mentioned by Tacitus in Germania book Germania . They have otherwise been lost to history, but Sch tte http www.northvegr.org lore sagabook n003.php suggests that their name lives on in the name of the town Schwerin . Tacitus wrote of them in a group of tribes defended by rivers and forests, that worshipped Nerthus blockquote Original Latin Reudigni deinde et Aviones et Anglii et Varini et Eudoses et Suardones et Nuithones . Nec quicquam notabile in singulis, nisi quod in commune Nerthum, id est Terram matrem, colunt eamque intervenire rebus hominum, invehi populis arbitrantur. ... Tacitus, Germania book Germania , wikisource Germania XL 40 . ref Tacitus , Germania , wikisource Germania XL 40 , Medieval Source Book. Code and format by Northvegr. http www.northvegr.org lore tacitus 009.php ref blockquote blockquote English translation There follow in order the Reudigni Reudignians , and Aviones , and Angles , and Varinians, and Eudoses , and Suardones and Nuithones all defended by rivers or forests. Nor in one of these nations does aught remarkable occur, only that they universally join in the worship of Herthum Nerthus that is to say, the Mother Earth. Tacitus, Germania book Germania , wikisource Germania XL 40 , translated 1877 by Church and Brodribb. ref Tacitus , Germania , wikisource Germania XL 40 translation from The Agricola and Germania , A. J. Church and W. J. Brodribb, trans., London Macmillan, 1877 , pp. 87 10, as recorded in the Medieval Sourcebook http www.fordham.edu halsall source tacitus1.html ref blockquote According to some Italian scholars, there is trace of this tribe in a modern Lombard surname Suardi . References references See also Portal Ancient Germanic culture List of Germanic peoples Germanic peoples Category Ancient peoples Category Ancient Germanic peoples Category Germanic peoples Category Ethnic groups in Europe Category History of the Germanic peoples Category ... more details
tribes the Reudigni , Aviones , Anglii , Varini , Eudoses , Suarines , and Nuitones . The seven tribes .... Next to them come the Ruedigni, Aviones, Anglii, Varini, Eudoses, Suarines, and Huitones, protected ... more details
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