Masyas, Masyus or Masyos () was a King of the

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() in the 1st century. The

were a Germanic tribe, part of the

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writes that he at one point visited

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along with the priestess Ganna.

Sources

* Felix Dahn: Masyos. In:

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...

(ADB). Band 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, S. 581. 1st-century Germanic people Suebian kings {{Europe-royal-stub