Switzerland and Finland from the Tribe of Issachar
Outlines for an article to be completed later.
In our work "The Tribes" we discussed the Tribe of Issachar. Groups with names suggesting Issachar or clans of Issachar were present in the area of Switzerland from Ancient and Roman Times.
An important work on this matter was sent to us by Ivan MAGISTRINI, "Decorations Found in Traditional Artisan Craftwork in the Alps. Signs and Symbols of Oriental and Jewish Origin," Switzerland, 2011. This book contain more than 600 photographs illustrating the similarity of traditional craftsmanship in the area of the Alps (including Switzerland) to that of Ancient Israel and its surroundings. At the very least, on this point alone, it should be admitted that there existed a sub-stratum among the population that may be traced back to the Near East and most likely to that of Israel.
We identify both Finland and Switzerland with the Tribe of Issachar. Sweden we identify with the Tribe of Gad.
Finland and Switzerland are not considered similar countries in our time.
In the past however a very strong and often repeated tradition that traced the origins of the Swiss (especially the Germanic-speaking section) to the Goths and to Sweden.
see:
Frank L. Borchardt,"German Antiquity in Renaissance Myth," 1971, USA.
This actually may provide us with a link to Finland since about 30% of the Finns originated in Sweden and Finland was ruled from Sweden for quite a while.
Let us expound on this a little. The Goths descend from Gad. The name "Goth" is another form of the name "Gad" in Hebrew. The Nation of Sweden came into being when the Svea (also known as Suoni) united with the Goths in Sweden. The Suoni had a name similar to that of Shuni a son of Gad,
cf.
Genesis 46:
16 The sons of Gad were Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
These names are nearly all similar to those of groups known from Scandinavian Histroy.
The Goths according to conventional history originated in Scandinavia. They moved at first to northern Poland then went south to the shores of the Black Sea and divided into two halves, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths. In the 300s CE the Huns from the east began to attack them. Sections of the Goths joined the Huns while others fled before them. One way or another they all moved westward. Eventually they settled in southern France and in Spain. On their way westward they had absorbed other peoples who also became known as Goths. Historians are not certain as to what degree of ethnic continuity existed with the Goths at the end of their peregrinations as compared to the beginning. Another groups associated with the Goths were the Burgundians who settled in eastern France and in western Switzerland. A group associated with the Goths could well have settled in the rest of Switzerland. This group may once have been part of the Finns. The Goths by the Black Sea had neighbored Finnish peoples. Most of the Finns in Finland moved to Finland at a later date in ca. 500 CE. We find a pattern in history whereby ethnic groups of the same origin that had split apart tend to re-converge and come back together. About 10% of the Finns of Finland speak Swedish but in the past the figure was closer to 30%. It is believed that many of the Finns were of Swedish origin. Whatever the case they appear to have been of Israelite Descent and predominantly from the Tribe of Issachar just like the Swiss. This is historically feasible.