Moving West in Ancient Times

Did Woden-lithi’s Men Go West?

Sep 13, 2006

This article explores the possibility that the Mandan Indians of ancient times intermingled with white visitors to America.

Of all the various Caucasian explorers and traders, such as the Scandinavian King Woden-lithi who came to America in ancient times, did some of these folks wander westward and possibly cross the Great American Plains? If so, in their wanderings did they intermarry, to put it nicely, with the Native Americans?

Possible Mandan and Scandinavian Mix

There is some speculation connected with this concept which concerns a tribe of Native Americans that often produce fair-skinned and light-haired members. Some say this tribe was the forerunners of the Mandan People who are noted for having some members with light streaks in their hair. The thought is this; did some of King Woden-lithi's crew venture across the Great Plains and in their westward trek stop and mingle with the ancestors of the Mandans? Though the though is certainly intriguing it is doubtful. The Mandan people did not establish themselves on the plains until sometime in the 1600s, on the Heart River in present-day North Dakota.

Is Mandan Language Also a Mix?

Of course there is also the strong possibility that the visiting seafaring folk from Scandinavia intermingled with the Mandan people long before the Mandans migrated to the Heart River area. If so, the question arises as to why the Mandan language doesn't reflect this influence? Perhaps it does and it has yet to be recognized as such. Is this how Woden-lithi's style of writing, Tifinag and Kufi, got intermingled on western pectroglyphs with the etchings of the Indians? A third kind of writing called fringe ogam, also used by King Woden-lithi, could also be in the mix of Native American petroglyphs.

There is another form of writing that the Scandinavian King Woden-lithi used after he arrived in North America to trade with the Indians in about 1700 B. C. This third form is called fringe ogam. In this form the strokes all stand upon, or hang from, a slender bar-like object that can vary in length. They sort of resemble a well-used comb with some of the teeth missing.

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