[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 19

[Jane Sitton]

I believe the term is Thuggi or some such.  Don't know the answer to your
question, though.

Madelina

-----Original Message-----
From: Sluggy [mailto:slugmusk at linuxlegend.com]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:56 AM
To: loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 19


STEVE K ROURKE wrote:

> 439 Vandals take Carthage, Africa.

This brings up the question: Were Vandals a nation or just a mob? What I
mean is that I recently found that the term thug came from the mythology of
India. The Thugs (unfortunately, I have forgot the long version, the formal
name) were apparently a secret society of highwaymen. Over the centuries,
the term lost it's capitalization in common usage and has come to represent
brigandry in general.

So, clued in by the context of the date, who were they?

Sluggy!