Geatas

E493758

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Geatas canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geats → ethnonymInOldEnglish → Geatas ⓘ
subject linked to: the Geats
Geatas → hasNameInOldEnglish → Geatas ⓘ
Gautar → mentionedAs → Geatas ⓘ