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Iafeth maic No I. THE JAPHETIC NATIONS. 11.Japhethwas to be the father of 15 sons among whom he divided the territory allotted to him by his father, 10.Noah, situated in Europe and part of Asia; These belonged to seven families, who are called "sons of Japheth" in Gen. 10:2; and seven others, who are spoken of as his grandsons in Gen. 10:3, 4. These statements are not necessarily to be understood literally. There may have been other sons and grandsons of Japheth; but these were the ones whose names are remembered as the founders of nations. The peoples descended from Japheth belong to what is called the Aryan or Indo-European race.

Gomer maze Iafeth maic No 1. Gomer comer is named, in Ezek. 38:2-6, as a race opposed to Israel after the captivity. They were probably the people whom the Assyrians called Gimirrai, cimirrai and the Greeks Kimmerioi. Their name is perpetuated in the Crimea, their early home. A branch of this race moving westward became the Cimbri, who were formidable enemies of Rome; and probably another, the Cymry, settled in the British Isles, and were the ancestors of the Welsh and the gaelic Irish. The Celtic races, to which the French partly belong, are descended from this family. Three of the families descended from Gomer comer formed separate tribes, named, in the table of nations in Gen. 10:3, after Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah tocarmah. All of these had homes around or near the Black Sea. (1.) Ashkenaz is the name of a people spread out of Mysia and Phrygia phrycia in Asia Minor. "Ascanios," a Greek form of the word, occurs in Homer as the name of a Mysian and Phrygian phrycian prince. It is, however, true that, in Jer. 51:27, Ashkenaz is located in Western Armenia, whither this people had later migrated. Here, also, the Assyrians located them. (2.) Riphath was formerly supposed to point to the Riphn Mountains, north of the Danube and west of the Black Sea, but this is very doubtful. (3.) Togarmah tocarmah (Ezek. 27:14; 38:6) is identified with the land of Armenia, whose people have a tradition that they are descended from Targom. Tarcom 2. Magog macoc (called, in Ezek. 38 and 39, Gog, coc the prefix Ma being thought to signify "land") is generally understood to designate the Scythians.[24] Magog, macoc Hebrew , Greek , [ ma'gog ma coc], is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. It may represent Hebrew for "from Gog coc ", though this is far from certain. Magog macoc is often associated with apocalyptic traditions, mainly in connection with Ezekiel 38 and 39 which mentions "Gog coc of the land of Magog macoc , the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal" (Ezek 38:2 NIV); on the basis of this mention, "Gog and Magog" coc and macoc over time became associated with each other as a pair. Josephus identified the offspring of Magog macoc as the Scythians, a name used in antiquity for peoples north of the Black Sea.[1] According to him, the Greeks called Scythia Magogia macocia (Ant., bk. I, 6). Isidore of Seville, writing some centuries later, adds that he is also considered ancestor of the Goths, coths but notes that this is "because of the similarity of the last syllable" (Etymologiae, IX, 89). Johannes Magnus (14881544) stated that Magog's macocs sons were Sven and Gethar,cethar who became the ancestors of the Swedes and the Goths coths.[2] Queen Christina of Sweden reckoned herself as number 249 in a list of kings going back to Magog macoc. Daniel Juslenius (16761752) derived the roots of the Finns from Magog macoc, whose descendants he said migrated to Finland. Gothia cothia or Geulia-ceulia more recently called Lybia, where Carthage was afterwards built; It has also been variously conjectured that Magog's macocs offspring were the progenitors of the Slavic peoples known to history. According to several mediaeval Irish chronicles, most notably the Auraicept na n-ces and Lebor Gabla cabala renn, the Irish race are a composite including descendants of Japheth's son Magog macoc from "Scythia". Baath (Boath), Jobhath, and Fathochta are the three sons of Magog. Macoc Partholn, Nemed, Iobath, and Fenius Farsa are among Magog's mac ocs descendants. Magog mac oc was also supposed to have had a grandson called Heber, whose offspring spread throughout the Mediterranean. There is also a medieval Hungarian huncarian legend that says the Huns, as well as the Magyars, macyars are descended from twin brothers named Hunor and Magor macor respectively, who lived by the sea of Azov in the years after the flood, and took wives from the Alans. The version of this legend in the 14th century Chronicon Pictum equates this Magor macor with Magog, mac oc son of Japheth 12.Magog mac oc his son, who is mentioned in the Bible, received the territory of Scythia above the Black Sea where he became the direct male line ancestor of all of the Scythians, especially the Scythian Gaelic caelic Celts, who were all to migrate into eire.

THE ANCIENT WORLD AND THE DESCENDANTS OF NOAH. 3. Madai is everywhere in Scripture the word translated Medes, whose early home was south of the Caspian Sea, whence they marched westward, and conquered the lands as far as the Mediterranean. 4. Javan is the Hebrew term for the Greeks, as is indicated by various references in the Old Testament. It is especially applied to the Ionians (originally called Iafon-es, the descendants of Iafon, or Javan), who were the Grecian people, with whom the Israelites were brought into commercial relations. Five lands and races are named as subdivisions of the family of Javan in Gen. 10:4, all of which were situated near each other. (1.) Elishah (or, as in Ezek. 27:7, "the isles of Elishah,") is supposed to refer to the olians, inhabiting the isles of the gean Sea, aecean from which came the purple dye mentioned in Ezekiel's reference. (2.) Tarshish was formerly supposed to refer to Tarsus in Cilicia of Asia Minor, on the authority of Josephus, but is now identified with Tartessus in Spain, embracing the coast land from Gibraltar to the Guadalquiver. (3.) Kittim, or Chittim, was the name applied to the island of Cyprus, of which one of the cities was called Kitium. The name Chittim was also loosely given by the Hebrews to the shores and isles of the Mediterranean. sea (4.) Dodanim (or, as in some copies of 1 Chron. 1:7, Rodanim). If the reading Dodanim be preferred, this may point to the Dardanians, a name often applied in the classics to the people of Troy, the famous city of Homer. The other reading, Rodanim, which is preferred by some critics, is supposed to point to the isle of Rhodes, in the gean aecean Sea, a home of the ancient Greeks. Thus both Javan and all his sons who founded families were connected with the Greek race. (5.) The Isles of the Gentiles (Gen. 10:5) in Hebrew refers not only to islands, but all lands bordering upon the sea. Here it refers to the Japhetic colonies on the coasts of the Mediterranean, the Black and the Caspian Seas. 5. Tubal, and 6. Meshech, are generally associated in Scripture. (Ezek. 27:13; 32:26; 38:2, 3; 39:1.) From their associations, they are to be sought near the Caspian and Black Seas, where Herodotus mentions the Tibareni and the Moschi. 7. Tiras (1. Chron. 1:5) was believed by the Jews to refer to the Thracians, southwest of the Black Sea. There is nothing to oppose this view, but no evidence except the similarity of name in its favor. To 74 japhet(h) iafeth noahs eldest son the rest of asia beyond the euphrates together with europe to gadea cadea (or cadiz) euro asia forefather of the northern peoples japhetic eurasia Japheth is traditionally seen as the ancestor of Europeans as well as some more eastern nations thus japhetic has been used as a synonym for Caucasians Caucasian itself derives in part from the assumption that the tribe of Japheth developed its distinctive racial characteristics in the causasus where mount Ararat is located the term japhetic was also applied by the early linguists (brothers grimm William jones rasmus c rask and others) to what became known as the indo European language group on the assumption that if descended from japheth the principal languages of Europe would have a common origin which apart from finno ugric Kartvelian pontic nakt Dagestan and basque appears to be the case in a conflicting sense the term was also used by the soviet linguist nikolai marr in his japhetic theory intended to demonstrate that the languages of the Caucasus formed part of the once widespread pre indo European language group in classical times and among a minority of modern students various arguments have been proposed that the roman deity Jupiter may have been a deified japheth and further that be became known in greek as iapetos and in Sanskrit as pra japati modern linguists dispute whether there are many actual connections between pra japati which translates as lord of creatures iapetos Jupiter a corruption of dyeus pater meaning sky father and Japheth meaning open and attempts to connect these deities with Japheth are often regarded as poor scholarship and folk etymology 74 japhet was the eldest son of noah he had fifteen sons amongst whom he divided europe and the part of asia which his father had alloted to him descendants of japhet(h) In the Jahwist reconstruction, Japheth has previously been described, within the tale of Ham's curse, as going on to dwell in the tents of Shem, and hence is not indicated as having any children of his own. 7May God make Japheth mighty. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant. 75 gomer comer gimiru cimiru cimmerians of assyrian description attested circa 720bc 100ad Gomer:comer "those whom the Greeks now call Galatians,calatians [Galls calls,] but were then called Gomerites"comerites . 234ad Gomer comer Cappadocians

Thus, while the reconstructed Priestly source does not include the subdivisions within Egypt, it does include details of groups in the eastern Mediterranean (Javan, Tubal, Meschech, Tiras) and Caucasus (Gomer,comer Madai), attaching them to Japheth, perhaps since his descendants are not identified by the Jahwist. 76.his son ashkenaz ashkuz ishkus names used for the scythians 234ad Obal - Scythians who first appear in Assyrian records in the late 8th century in the Caucasius region 100ad Aschanax (Ashkenaz): "Aschanaxians, who are now called by the Greeks Rheginians". 234ad Ashkenaz -Sarmatians 234ad Obal - Scythians 600ad Ashkenaz, son of Gomer: comer "Sarmatians, whom the Greeks call Rheginians". 77.riphath diphath son of gomer comer gimiru cimiru cimmerians paphlagonians paphlaconians 100ad Riphath: "Ripheans, now called Paphlagonians"paphlaconians. 100ad Riphath Sauromatians 78 togarmah tocarmah son of gomer comer Armenian Georgian ceorcian traditions maybe Turkish But for the seven others [sons of Canaan], Chetteus, Jebuseus, Amorreus, Gergesus cercesus, Eudeus, Sineus, Samareus, we have nothing in the sacred books but their names, for the Hebrews overthrew their cities". 79 madai son of Japheth the medes of north west iran first appear in the Assyrian inscriptions as amadai in about 844bc Madai: "the Madeans, who are called Medes, by the Greeks". 93a. mida the scythians (massagetae) massacetae 234ad Obal - Scythians 234ad Gether cether- "Gaspeni caspeni"? 390ad Gether cether, son of Aram: "Acarnanii or Carians 600ad Magog, macoc son of Japheth: "Scythians and Goths coths" Gothia cothia or Geulia ceulia-more recently called Lybia, where Carthage carthace was afterwards built; dido and anneas of troy mida the scythians (massagetae) massacetae Scythes the king of midas Mesraim (Misraim): Egypt, which he says is called Mestre in his country. "Now all the children of Mesraim, being eight in number, possessed the country from Gaza to Egypt, though it retained the name of one only, the Philistim; for the Greeks call part of that country Palestine. As for the rest, ludieim, 100ad Laud (Lud): "Laudites, which are now called Lydians 234ad Ludim - Lydians 234ad Lud - Halizones 234ad Hul - Lydians (var: Colchians) and Enemim, and Labim, who alone inhabited in Libya, and called the country from himself, Nedim, and Phethrosim, and Chesloim, and Cephthorim, we know nothing of them besides their names; for the Ethiopic war which we shall describe hereafter, was the cause that those cities were overthrown Thus, while the reconstructed Priestly source does not include the subdivisions within Egypt, it does include details of groups in the eastern Mediterranean (Javan, Tubal, Meschech, Tiras) and Caucasus (Gomer,comer Madai), attaching them to Japheth, perhaps since his descendants are not identified by the Jahwist.

7. Tiras (1. Chron. 1:5) was believed by the Jews to refer to the Thracians, southwest of the Black Sea. There is nothing to oppose this view, but no evidence except the similarity of name in its favor.

dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin211 45. cloenlochhither came to his death cloen son of ingor a scorpion that was never crushedthe king of ail cluaides grandson hearken who crossed the high seas many a timedumbarton in the clydecloen son of ingor who spent fame whose home was alba rich in horsesfirst inhabitant before parthalonqarthalon was the first man cheerful of countenance that came with wealth to erincloen of the hard curved swords though he ransacked many a chilly coasthis fatal faintness came not on him till he reached cloenlochhence men speak everywhere of cloenloch let not its name be hiddena prince that was hacked by spear play not his death finally here

dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin 289-291

80 magog macoc 12. Magog: son of Japheth this name appears in the assyrians texts as mat gugu cucu the land of gugu cucu and means Lydia 100ad Laud (Lud): "Laudites, which are now called Lydians 234ad Ludim - Lydians 234ad Lud - Halizones 234ad Hul - Lydians (var: Colchians) 600ad Magog, son of Japheth: "Scythians and Goths" Gothia or Geulia-more recently called Lybia, where Carthage was afterwards built;dido and anneas of carthage gugu is known in greek texts as gyges cyces is claimed as an ancestor in both gaelic and Hungarian 234ad Uzal - Arians (var.: Parthians) 390ad Gether, son of Aram: "Acarnanii or Carians medieval tradition 100ad flavius josephus followed by Jerome and nennius makes him ancestor of the scythians 234ad Obal - Scythians who dwelt north of the black sea From whom descended the Parthians, 234ad Uzal - Arians (var.: Parthians) 390ad Gether, son of Aram: "Acarnanii or Carians Bactrians, 100ad 16 Gather cather (Gether): Bactrians 234ad Gether - "Gaspeni"? 390ad Gether, son of Aram: "Acarnanii or Carians 234ad Magog Galatians calatians , Celts 234ad Saleph Bactrians Amazons, etc.; Parthalon, 234ad Uzal - Arians (var.: Parthians) the first planter of eire, about three hundred years after the Flood; and also the rest of the colonies that planted there,viz 100ad Magog: "Magogites, macocites but who are by the Greeks called Scythians". 234ad Obal - Scythians 234ad Magog - Galatians, Celts 600ad Magog, son of Japheth: "Scythians and Goths" Gothia or Geulia-more recently called Lybia, where Carthage was afterwards built; Magog, Hebrew , Greek ,[ma'gog ], is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. It may represent Hebrew for "from Gog", though this is far from certain. Magog is often associated with apocalyptic traditions, mainly in connection with Ezekiel 38 and 39 which mentions "Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal" (Ezek 38:2 NIV); on the basis of this mention, "Gog and Magog" over time became associated with each other as a pair. Josephus identified the offspring of Magog as the Scythians, a name used in antiquity for peoples north of the Black Sea ck .[1] According to him, the Greeks called Scythia Magogia (Ant., bk. I, 6). Isidore of Seville, writing some centuries later, adds that he is also considered ancestor of the Goths, but notes that this is "because of the similarity of the last syllable" (Etymologiae, IX, 89). Johannes Magnus (14881544) stated that Magog's sons were Sven and Gethar, who became the ancestors of the Swedes and the Goths.[2] Queen Christina of Sweden reckoned herself as number 249 in a list of kings going back to Magog. Gothia or Geulia-more recently called Lybia, where Carthage was afterwards built; Daniel Juslenius (16761752) derived the roots of the Finns from Magog, whose descendants he said migrated to Finland. It has also been variously conjectured that Magog's offspring were the progenitors of the Slavic peoples known to history. According to several mediaeval