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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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 literature
surface form: Old Norse sagas
associatedWithMythology Norse mythology
associatedWithRuler Beowulf
Hrethel
Hygelac
capitalOrCenter Gamla Uppsala burial mounds
surface form: 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
Norse
surface form: Old Norse
hasDemonym Geat
Geatish
historicalRegion Västergötland
Östergötland County
surface form: Östergötland
language Norse
surface form: Old Norse
languageFamily North Germanic languages
locatedIn Götaland
southern Sweden
mentionedIn Beowulf
Norse sagas
surface form: Scandinavian 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
Gautar
surface form: Götar
partOf Germanic peoples
politicalOrganization kingdom
regionType ethno-geographical region
relatedEthnicGroup Scandinavians
surface form: Danes

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

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