The Armenians in the Bavarian Founding Myth

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Stracke, Elmar:
The Armenians in the Bavarian Founding Myth.
In: Bardez/Partez : The Bulletin of the Armenian Institute. (2018) .

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Since the 11th century and until the turn of the 20th century, it has been believed that the Bavarians descended somehow from the Armenians. The origin of this mythological lineage can be traced back to the publication of the Annolied around 1080AD, an opus praising the archbishop of Cologne, Anno II. The author needed to underline Anno's power by the support of the mightiest Germanic tribes who needed for their legitimacy an impressive and ideally Christian ancient ancestry. Since other ancient people were taken already, he chose the Armenians as the Bavarian ancestors. This sparked many accounts of how and when the Armenians exactly made it to today's Bavaria.