William Henry Bennett, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 12… (1911)
“ GOMER, the biblical name of a race appearing in the table of nations (Gen. x. 2) , as the “eldest son” of Japheth and the “father” of Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah; and in Ezek. xxxviii. 6 as a companion of “the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north,” and an ally of Gog; both Gomer and Togarmah being credited with “hordes,” [1] E.V., i.e. “bands” or “armies.” The “sons” of Gomer are probably tribes of north-east Asia Minor and Armenia, and Gomer is identified with the Cimmerians. ”
