Kaldrbuth: Difference between revisions

The first known direct mention of both Kaldrbuth and the term Kaldrbuthian (both singular and plural) is from a page in Hæming Guthrumssons' "Forn-kveðit" (Translations of which suggest it refers to what was said in 'days gone by')

While often early skaldic sources are not always so trustworthy, it appears as though in this instance the works of Ærnmundsson (786-852) are accurate and trustworthy for a number of reasons, primarily that these words have not changed form or spelling in over a millennium, only having changed written forms when translated from it's original (and still majority used in the modern age) Kaldruno. Later sources, including both royal archives and the works of Guthrumsson (823-991) also use the same terminology to describe both the collection of tribes in the region and those who live within it, rather than using descriptors that are tribe specific. It is likely that this is why in the modern day both terms are still used extensively,

 

=== Kaldruno ===

 

=== Iron age ===

From 500BC until around 350AD it appears that early established population centres began to boom, with exponentially larger burial fields, mounds and the introduction of what was for a time though to have been sacrifice chambers, but are now known to have been an early form of crypt, though roughly dug out from rough stone extensive research of surviving crypts has shown incredibly well detailed engravings into the stone itself that very much appear to be, and agreed to be by historians and experts, the earliest form of religious service upon burial that is currently known, often depicting figures from the still extremely common Ásatrú faith, though notably with some different designs and apparent roles to later discoveries. It is also in this period in which we find the first evidence of Iron tools and weaponry, the cause for the name, while appearing to have started extremely crude in the early iron age, by the latter years however recovery of a number of work tools such as axes and blades for crop harvesting show the processing of iron and the standards of the smiths to have become exceptionally higher.

 

It is also important to note that this is the age in which the current dynasty and crown of modern Kaldrbuth originated, while there is no material evidence to suggest they were considered royals at this time, there is substantial evidence in the form of the '[[Crypt of Magnus]]' which remains a protected site in the current day, that by this time the family had become incredibly wealthy. While there is mention of the ruined walls of what was believed to have been the homestead of members of the family in later periods, these claims remain unproven, though whether the site ever existed at all or was simply lost to time, remains a debate.

 

=== Migratory war period ===