The scourge of god

Who was it? Attila or Genghis Khan - or none of them?

No actually I am pretty sure the title was originally given to Timur Lenk by Christopher Marlowe, and then much later after that it was erroneously applied to Atilla.

ATTILA was the scourge of god

Originally posted by Feramez That speech is known to be by Cengiz Han, but not with the scourge of god part you put in the begining.

By what source?

Could it have been Juvaini? Really just courious, maybe I'll try and find out by myself tomorrow : ) .

Chingiz Qaan called himself the "Flail of God," not the Scourge of God, according to one translation of his quotes.

I think Attila's Scourge of God title comes from a 16th century medalion, which may have gotten it from somewhere else. I don't think he was called by that earlier.

Originally posted by Scytho-Sarmatian "Excuse me for living, Attila." --Line from a T.V. show I saw years ago.

Should continue as

" .....and excuse me speaking to you like my existence is not enough."

Originally posted by Tobodai No actually I am pretty sure the title was originally given to Timur Lenk by Christopher Marlowe, and then much later after that it was erroneously applied to Atilla.

correct.

flagellum -i n. [a whip , scourge; the thong of a javelin; a young sprout, vine-shoot]; plur. [the arms of a polypus]; fig., [the sting of conscience].

Dei means "of God"

What a wonderful claptrap of bull!

As an example from the above post;

"Originally posted by Imperator Invictus

flagellum -i n. [a whip , scourge; the thong of a javelin; a young sprout, vine-shoot]; plur. [the arms of a polypus]; fig., [the sting of conscience].

Dei means "of God"

I suspected flagellum could be translated into flail as well, but I am somewhat ignorant on such details. Anyway, the more important question would be whether what Juvaini wrote in Persian really translates to flail rather than scourge."

It seems most obvious to me that to "flail" would be an alternative word for "scourge!" Actually I would suggest that when one takes the decision to punish ones body, then one would use a "flail" or "Whip" or a "cat o'nine tales", etc., to beat their own bodies, and the after math of such a beating are the scars, which would, in my humble opinion, merely be called the "Scorge!"

But, as always, I could well be wrong, since I did not look up a single word!