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The Haddingjar refers on the one hand to legends about two brothers by this name, and on the other hand to possibly related legends based on the Hasdingi, the royal dynasty of the Vandals. The accounts vary greatly. ==Origins== It has been suggested that they were originally two Proto-Germanic legendary heroes by the name *''Hazdingōz'', meaning the "longhairs", and that they were identical to the ''Alci'' mentioned by Tacitus. According to Tacitus, the Alci were worshiped as gods by priests in female clothing: :() ''and the Nahanarvali. Among these last is shown a grove of immemorial sanctity. A priest in female attire has the charge of it. But the deities are described in Roman language as Castor and Pollux. Such, indeed, are the attributes of the divinity, the name being Alcis. They have no images, or, indeed, any vestige of foreign superstition, but it is as brothers and as youths that the deities are worshipped''.〔''Germania'' at Wikisource〕 Cassius Dio mentioned c. 170 the ''Astingoi'' as a noble clan among the Vandals, and the ''Asdingi'' reappear, in the 6th century in Jordanes' work as the royal dynasty of the Vandals. The root appears in Old Icelandic as ''haddr'' meaning "women hair", and the motivation for the name ''Haddingjar''/''Astingoi''/''Asdingi'' was probably that men from Germanic royal dynasties sported long hair as a mark of dignity (cf. the "longhaired Merovingians"). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haddingjar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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