Talk:Onela
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[edit] Identification Onela = Áli
Onela is a character in Beowulf. Equating him with Áli in the Nordic sagas on a different isle several centuries later, is not entirely without problems, as for example the thesis by Carl Edlund Anderson points out. So I will revert User:Berig's deletion of my contribution. He deleted the comment although a detailed reference was given. /Pieter Kuiper 14:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- I fail to understand why you *again* want to misrepresent poor Carl Edlund Anderson. The scholar you refer to agrees with the identification by stating: [...] the battle between Aðils and Áli on the ice of lake Vænir, which is echoed in Eadgils's and Onela's conflict in Beowulf. Such elements most likely represent native Scandinavian traditions[1].--Berig 17:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Anderson points out a problem. He is probably not the only scholar who pointed this out. This is a problem in the identification, which Anderson recognizes by using words like "is echoed". These are reverberations over centuries. I do not understand why you insist on suppressing anything that might question the identification Onela=Áli. /Pieter Kuiper 17:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Etymology
I will revert the etymology to what is actually written in the source. I had provided a detailed reference. The link in the older version that User:Berig reverted to is actually dead. Berig should not delete contributions by others as a spinal reflex - WP:OWN. He should welcome participation by others. /Pieter Kuiper 14:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- As for the deletions of your contributions, see the administrator User:Dbachmann's comments about your behaviour at Talk:Eadgils. I will verify your reference in due time.--Berig 17:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- At Talk:Eadgils, dab had suggested taking this to the Onela article. /Pieter Kuiper 17:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, and he asked you to be reasonable[4] and commented that your behaviour borders on disruption[5]. I have tried to move you contribution to a subsection where it is more relevant.--Berig 17:39, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- That is a good move. /Pieter Kuiper 17:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks.--Berig 17:50, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- That is a good move. /Pieter Kuiper 17:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, and he asked you to be reasonable[4] and commented that your behaviour borders on disruption[5]. I have tried to move you contribution to a subsection where it is more relevant.--Berig 17:39, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- At Talk:Eadgils, dab had suggested taking this to the Onela article. /Pieter Kuiper 17:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
