Who was Attila and the Huns?

[Szegedist]

That's still pretty vague though, if e are trying to determine Atillas ethnicity, you could have a western looking W. Asian and still he could be more similar to modern day east Germans.

Maybe Attila looked like Dolph Lundgren, and we will never know

Attila was not Germanic, nor was he Slavic.

[Xárszászát]

I don't understand why someone should be interested in claiming Attila's ancestry.
He was a barbarian, he was only capable of mass killing, looting, pillaging and devastating.

[Vesuvian Sky]

Do you know what Attila looks like? Because that is very disputed.

This is true too. A big part of why Attila is thought to be Turkic/Altaic is from the description of Jordanes which is actually a second hand description.

I heard that his real name was also Attilovsky Hunnovsky.

[riverman]

Maybe Attila looked like Dolph Lundgren, and we will never know

Attila was not Germanic, nor was he Slavic.

Taking things to ridiculous extremes as usual.

[Vesuvian Sky]

Not to get too off topic from this discussion but truthfully, Nazis Germany would have made more sense if it was led by Dolph Lundgren. Woulda been a conceptual whole there IMO. Either that or Odin or Thor...

Interestingly enough the Germans were referred to as "Huns" during WWI.

[ChildOfTheJin]

I don't understand why someone should be interested in claiming Attila's ancestry.
He was a barbarian, he was only capable of mass killing, looting, pillaging and devastating.

Exactly what I think, I would be ashamed if I was descended from him or even related to him. If anything, people should be claiming that he is not part of their race instead of claiming that he was But the mentality of some people on here is laughable.

[Pallantides]

"What devil or witch was ever as great as Attila, whose blood flows in these veins!" - Bram Stoker's Dracula

[Vesuvian Sky]

Some popular reconstructions of Attila by everyone's favorite historical reconstruction artist, Angus McBride:




Clearly, the Asiatic physical type is emphasized here. However, if Attila was Germanic/Goth, the topmost image perhaps should see the Ostrogoth on top of the horse rather.

[Dacul]

Atilla was finn.

[Hoca]

Exactly what I think, I would be ashamed if I was descended from him or even related to him. If anything, people should be claiming that he is not part of their race instead of claiming that he was But the mentality of some people on here is laughable.

Alexander the Great did the same everywhere he went. But Eurocentrist have doublestandard.

Atilla was finn.

no