Gutes

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The Gutes were the North Germanic inhabitants of the Baltic island of Gotland, known for their distinct Gutnish language and extensive Viking Age trade networks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gutes canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic people
ethnic group
archaeologicalEvidence large silver hoards on Gotland
associatedDocument Gutasaga
centerOfActivity Gotland
countryToday Sweden
culturalSphere Norse culture
economy agriculture
animal husbandry
craft production
trade-based economy
ethnogenesis North Germanic peoples
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
Viking Age
knownFor extensive Viking Age trade networks
maritime trade
mercantile activity
seafaring
languageFamily North Germanic languages
languageSubgroup East Scandinavian languages
linked to: East Scandinavian
laterReligion Christianity
legalCode Guta lag
legalCodeLanguage Old Gutnish
modernDescendants inhabitants of Gotland
modernLanguageDescendant Gotlandic dialect of Swedish
linked to: Gotlandic Swedish
nativeTo Gotland
politicalOrganization thing assemblies
politicalStatusMedieval semi-autonomous within Swedish realm
primaryRegion Baltic Sea
relatedEthnicGroup Danes
linked to: Scandinavians

Geats
Goths
Norwegians
Swedes
religion Old Norse religion
linked to: Norse mythology
selfDesignationInGutasaga Gutar
source Gutasaga and Guta lag
linked to: Gutasaga

medieval Scandinavian texts
spoke Gutnish language
linked to: Gutnish
tradedIn Baltic Sea region
North Sea region
linked to: North Sea
tradedWith Finnic peoples
linked to: Finno-Ugric peoples

Rus
linked to: RU

Scandinavians
Slavic peoples
linked to: Slavs

Western Europe
traditionalLanguageRegion Gotland
usedCurrency silver

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

Old Gutnish usedBy Gutes