-
border between the
Kingdoms of
Norway and
Denmark until the 13th century.
Geatland is the land in
which the
medieval hero of the poem
Beowulf is said to have...
- and his
court were
terrorized by the
monstrous Grendel,
Beowulf left
Geatland (West Götaland) and
sailed to
Zealand with
fourteen warriors in
order to...
- Swedish: Götakungar),
ruling over the
provinces of Götaland (Gautland/
Geatland),
appear in
several sources for
early Swedish history. Today, most of them...
- However, his
brother was the king of
Geatland and, like Beowulf, Bǫðvarr
Bjarki arrived in
Denmark from
Geatland. Moreover, his
killing of the monster...
-
causes their father Hrethel to die from grief. Then Hæþcyn
becomes king of
Geatland.
During the Swedish-Geatish wars, Hæþcyn
kidnaps the
Swedish queen, and...
-
takes revenge and is in turn defeated. Victorious,
Beowulf goes home to
Geatland and
becomes king of the Geats.
Fifty years later,
Beowulf defeats a dragon...
- Östergötland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈœ̂sːtɛrˌjøːtland] ;
English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the
traditional provinces of
Sweden (landskap in Swedish)...
- that
Wiglaf (after his father's death)
joined his
relative Beowulf in
Geatland, and that
Beowulf ****umed
responsibility for the
young Swede. In the epic...
- ****emblies) and laws. The
largest one of
these districts was Västergötland (West
Geatland), and it was in Västergötland that the
Thing of all
Geats was held every...
- death, in Frisia, Hygd
wants to make Hygelac's
nephew Beowulf, king of
Geatland, as she
fears that the
young Heardred won't be able to
defend his people...
