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Beowulf and
Widsith as Gēatas.
Beowulf and the
Norse sagas name
several Geatish kings, but only
Hygelac finds confirmation in
Liber Monstrorum where he...
- The Swedish–
Geatish wars
refer to semi-legendary 6th-century
battles between Swedes and
Geats that are
described in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. Little...
- The
Geatish Society (Götiska Förbundet, also
Gothic Union,
Gothic League) was
created by a
number of
Swedish poets and
authors in 1811, as a
social club...
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Geatish kings (Latin: Rex Getarum/Gothorum; Swedish: Götakungar),
ruling over the
provinces of Götaland (Gautland/Geatland),
appear in
several sources...
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Beowulf (/ˈbeɪəwʊlf/; Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is a
legendary Geatish hero in the
eponymous epic poem, one of the
oldest surviving pieces of...
- below.
Eofor – the "boar". A
Geatish warrior who
avenged the
death of Hæþcyn by
slaying Ongenþeow
during the Swedish-
Geatish wars. He was
recompensed with...
- Hæthcyn (Old English: Hæþcyn) is the son of the
Geatish king Hreðel in the Old
English poem Beowulf. The hero
Beowulf is Hæþcyn's nephew. Hæþcyn kills...
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Anglian royal dynasty, the Wuffingas, may have been
descendants of the
Geatish Wulfings.
Others have ****ociated this poem with the
court of King Alfred...
- the name of the
Swedish river Göta älv at the city of Gothenburg. The
Geatish ethnonym *gautaz is
related to the
ethnonym of the
Goths and of the Gutes...
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Gautrekr was a
legendary Geatish king who
appears in
several sources, such as
Gautreks saga, Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, Bósa saga ok Herrauðs, Ynglinga...
