Gutar

E356506

Gutar are the historical inhabitants of the Swedish island of Gotland, known from medieval sources such as the Gutasaga for their distinct culture, laws, and extensive Baltic Sea trade.

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Label Occurrences
Gutar canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
historical people
country Sweden
culturalHeritage medieval churches
runestones
trading sites
culture distinct Gutnish culture
describedIn Gutasaga
medieval sources
ethnicTerritory island of Gotland
ethnonymLanguage Old Gutnish
Old Norse language
surface form: Old Norse
governance thing assembly
historicalLanguageFamily North Germanic languages
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
historicalRole Baltic Sea merchants
intermediaries in Baltic trade
language Gutnish
laterReligion Christianity
legalDocument Gutalagen
Gutasaga
legalSystem Gutnish law
legalTradition Germanic customary law
locatedIn Baltic Sea
mainTerritory Gotland
modernDescendants inhabitants of Gotland
politicalRelation Kingdom of Sweden
surface form: Swedish kingdom
politicalStatus semi-independent community
region Gotland County
relatedEthnicGroup Danes
Geats
Gotlanders
Swedes
religion Norse paganism
selfDesignation Gutar self-link
tradeGoods amber
fish
furs
grain
iron
tradingRegion Baltic Sea
German towns
Rus
Scandinavia
traditionalOccupation farming
seafaring
trade

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Gutar selfDesignation Gutar self-link