<!--QuoteBegin-Raju+Apr 19 2007, 07:22 AM-->QUOTE(Raju @ Apr 19 2007, 07:22 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Later, in 5,000 BCE, two Norse brothers, Ioda and Skandah, invaded Hindustan from the Himalaya region and finally destroyed Asgartha, though they were driven away by the Brahmin warrior-priests. These two continued northward, back to their homeland, the land of the Norsemen, where they were immortalized as "Odin" and "Scandinavia". (The name Scandinavia orignated from Skandah?)</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]67384[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Scandinavia is named after their Goddess Skadi (Goddess of Winter).
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Skadi is the Goddess of independence, death, hunting and skiing. Scandinavia was named after her; the English words shadow, skullduggery and shade came from her name.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Skadi is the Goddess of independence, death, hunting and skiing. Scandinavia was named after her; the English words shadow, skullduggery and shade came from her name.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->