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Let's kick back at the house party of High Prince Álmos along with our closest friends and take an oath that our kids will be good buddies just like we are. Then we'll visit the oldest existing history of the Hungarian people: the Gesta Hungarorum of Anonymus. Fraught with mythmaking, propaganda, and guesswork, this 13th Century text was foundational to the development of Hungarian art, mythology, and origin theories. We'll look at the context of the Scythians, the Huns, and the biblical figures of Gog and/of Magog. What would a writer like Anonymus have known about these subjects, what sources would he have been drawing from, and why would he have used them to explain where the Hungarians came from? Written by Turàn Explorer and produced by Boss Moss. Follow on TikTok and Twitter @Turan_Explorer and support us on Boss Moss Records on Soundcloud:
