Geatas

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Geatas is the Old English name for the Geats, a North Germanic people historically associated with southern Sweden and famously referenced in the epic poem Beowulf.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic people
ethnic group
historical people
appearsInGenre Old English epic poetry
associatedWithHeroicTradition Germanic heroic legend
associatedWithSea Baltic Sea region NERFINISHED
associatedWithTribalNameElement Gaut-
centralToWork Beowulf NERFINISHED
culturalContext Anglo-Saxon literature
describedAs a people dwelling in southern Scandinavia
ethnoLinguisticGroup Germanic peoples NERFINISHED
hasCollectiveDemonym Geatish
hasEthnonymLanguage Latin
Old English
Old Norse NERFINISHED
hasLegendaryHero Beowulf NERFINISHED
hasLegendaryKing Hrethel NERFINISHED
Hygelac NERFINISHED
hasNameInLatin Gautoi NERFINISHED
hasNameInModernEnglish Geats NERFINISHED
hasNameInOldEnglish Geatas NERFINISHED
hasNameInOldNorse Gautar NERFINISHED
hasNotableBattleMention Hygelac's raid on the Franks
hasSourceType literary sources
medieval chronicles
historicallyAssociatedWithModernCountry Sweden NERFINISHED
historicallyAssociatedWithRegion Götaland NERFINISHED
Västergötland NERFINISHED
southern Sweden
Östergötland NERFINISHED
integratedInto medieval Swedish kingdom
languageSpoken a North Germanic language
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Beowulf NERFINISHED
politicalOrganization tribal kingdom
possibleEtymologicalConnection Götaland NERFINISHED
Götar NERFINISHED
relatedGroup Danes NERFINISHED
Goths NERFINISHED
Swedes NERFINISHED
religionBeforeChristianization Germanic paganism
subgroupOf North Germanic peoples NERFINISHED
timePeriod Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Migration Period NERFINISHED

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the Geats ethnonymInOldEnglish Geatas
subject surface form: Geats