Question about Tindanotae

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 04-19-2008, 20:52

Even when one culture melds with another, they don't completely change. Instead, the two cultures mix into a new one, with one dominent. Even if the Galatians would have appeared Hellenized, the could have still held the romantic concept of a warrior fighting for his god in their minds.

**lobf** · 04-19-2008, 21:12

Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus

Even when one culture melds with another, they don't completely change. Instead, the two cultures mix into a new one, with one dominent. Even if the Galatians would have appeared Hellenized, the could have still held the romantic concept of a warrior fighting for his god in their minds.

But we're looking for sources on the Tindantotae.

**Uticensis** · 04-19-2008, 22:41

Exactly. Anything is possible, but I'm looking for documentation.

**lobf** · 04-21-2008, 00:33

So does anyone on the team know where this came from?

**Elmetiacos** · 04-21-2008, 01:11

It's another made up word. The Galatian Celts may well have had such warriors, but they didn't go by the name "Tindanotae". The stuff about Christian berserkers, devotion to Herakles-Toutatis and carving words into their flesh (a Viking trick, I think) is likewise fantasy, as is much of the elaboration on the descriptions of Celtic units.

**Uticensis** · 04-21-2008, 01:34

Well, you said it, not me. but I have my suspicions as to the truthfulness of the description, that's why I asked for sources.

**Elmetiacos** · 04-21-2008, 01:51

It's all a bit of a "running sore", really. Some time ago, a fake Celtic scholar supplied a load of wrong information to the EB Team (or so some people - and I'm one of them - are saying; it's not officially recognised) Sadly, a lot of effort was put into incorporating all the wrong material and undoing the damage will take more effort. There's a thread called "Materia Celtica" somewhere about where some of us have been discussing this and what might be done.