Geats

E116981

The Geats were a North Germanic people from what is now southern Sweden, prominently featured in the Old English epic Beowulf as the hero’s own tribe.

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Label Occurrences
Geats canonical 8

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic people
historical ethnic group
tribe
associatedWithLiterature Old English literature
Old Norse sagas
associatedWithMythology Norse mythology
associatedWithRuler Beowulf
Hrethel
Hygelac
capitalOrCenter Gamla Uppsala
confusedWith Goths
Jutes
country Sweden
culturalHeritage part of Swedish national history
culture Norse culture
describedAs people of Beowulf
ethnicGroupOf Scandinavia
ethnonymUsedIn Old English
Old Norse
linked to: Norse
hasDemonym Geat
Geatish
historicalRegion Västergötland
Östergötland
language Old Norse
linked to: Norse
languageFamily North Germanic languages
locatedIn Götaland
southern Sweden
mentionedIn Beowulf
Scandinavian sagas
linked to: Norse sagas

Widsith
mergedInto Kingdom of Sweden
modernDescendants Swedes from Västergötland
Swedes from Östergötland
inhabitants of Götaland
nameEtymology possibly related to Proto-Germanic *Gautaz
nativeName Gautar
Götar
linked to: Gautar
partOf Germanic peoples
politicalOrganization kingdom
regionType ethno-geographical region
relatedEthnicGroup Danes
linked to: Scandinavians

Goths
Norwegians
Swedes
religion Norse paganism
roleInWork tribe of the hero Beowulf
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
Viking Age

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