The name of the Geats also lives on in the Swedish provinces of Västergötland and Östergötland, the western and eastern lands of the Geats, and in many other...
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until 1974, Swedish monarchs claimed the title King of the Geats as "King of Sweden and Geats/Goths" or "Rex Sweorum et Gothorum". Danish monarchs used...
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Kamen Rider Geats (仮面ライダーギーツ, Kamen Raidā Gītsu) is a Japanese drama series, the 33rd entry of Toei Company's Kamen Rider metaseries and the fourth series...
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can transform into the kitsune-themed Kamen Rider Geats. While transformed, he is adorned with the Geats Tail (ギーツテイル, Gītsu Teiru) scarf. His primary Form...
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Beowulf: Prince of the Geats is a 2007 film based on the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. The film was made by Scott Wegener on a shoestring budget with proceeds...
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Beowulf (hero) (category Geats)
Hreðel, whose daughter he married. They had Beowulf, who grew up with the Geats. Beowulf's childhood friend was Breca the Bronding "supposed to be the inhabitants...
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the feature film Kamen Rider Geats the Movie: The 4 Aces and the Black Fox. Kamen Rider the Winter Movie: Gotchard & Geats Strongest Chemy ★ Gotcha Great...
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The Thing of all Geats (Swedish: Alla götars ting) was the thing (general assembly) which was held from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages in Skara...
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inhabited since prehistoric times, c. 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats (Swedish: Götar) and Swedes (Svear), which together constituted the sea-faring...
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permission of Hygelac, king of Geatland, sails to Denmark with thirteen Geats to slay Grendel for Hrothgar. The arrival of Beowulf and his warriors is...
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1900 Galveston hurricane (redirect from Geat Storm of 1900)
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the...
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construction and means the "lands of the Geats", where Göta- is the genitive plural of the ethnonym Göt (Geat). The interpretation that the neuter noun...
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pagan Scandinavia in the 5th and 6th centuries. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall Heorot...
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records, buildings, coinage etc. of the age in question. The names Swedes and Geats are attested in the Old English poems Beowulf (written down in the 11th...
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Västergötland (redirect from Kingdom of the Geats)
sacrificial site from the Iron Age. The population of Västergötland, the Geats appear in the writings of the Greek Ptolemaios (as Goutai), and they appear...
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order them exiled. He sends a messenger to tell the other Geats what has happened. When the Geats have gathered, Wiglaf addresses them, mourning Beowulf's...
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Östergötland (redirect from East Geats)
Östergötland (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈœ̂sːtɛrˌjøːtland] ; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish)...
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Hygd, queen of the Geats. Heaðolaf – a Wulfing killed by Beowulf's father Ecgþeow. Heardred – the son of Hygelac, king of the Geats, and his queen Hygd...
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the names of the Gutes and Geats have been cited as evidence that the Goths originated in Gotland or Götaland. The Goths, Geats and Gutes may all have descended...
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include also the Geats. Later it again meant only the people inhabiting the original tribal lands in Svealand, rather than the Geats. In modern North...
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successful raids against the Geats after King Hrethel had died. In 515, their father Ongentheow was killed in battle by the Geats, and Ohthere succeeded his...
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as Wiglaf is described as his kinsman) Ecgþeow (joined the Danes and the Geats as he was banished for slaying a man from another clan) Beowulf (son of...
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Thurgot was successful in disseminating Christianity among the West Geats and east Geats. The legend of St. Sigfrid, known since the 13th century, relates...
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called the Waegmundings. He married the daughter of Hreðel, king of the Geats, and was the father of Bēowulf. His name could be read as eċġ + þēow, "edge-servant"...
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Sigurd Hring, king of Sweden and the Geats of Västergötland, and his uncle Harald Wartooth, king of Denmark and the Geats of Östergötland. The battle is recounted...
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Anglo-Saxon ethnonym which was used in the epic Beowulf as a kenning for the Geats, the people of Götaland without Scania in southern Sweden. It was also used...
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manifestation of the Germanic god Odin, and the Geats derived their ethnonym from this name. The Geats and royal Lombards and Anglo-Saxons claimed descent...
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Gothenburg (category Geats)
Gothenburg (/ˈɡɒθənbɜːrɡ/ ; abbreviated Gbg; Swedish: Göteborg [jœtɛˈbɔrj] ) is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden. It is the second-largest...
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as a god. Modern scholars speculate on whether this Geat is any eponym of the people known as Geats, or whether it may be the name of a god, or whether...
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