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== Geats == | |||
According to Wikipedia, Geats are the people from the ancient Kingdom(s) of Gautland (English: Geatland). Though modern Geats are Swedes, the word Götar (English: Geat) can be used to describe an inhabitant of the traditional provinces that once made up Gautland. | According to Wikipedia, Geats are the people from the ancient Kingdom(s) of Gautland (English: Geatland). Though modern Geats are Swedes, the word Götar (English: Geat) can be used to describe an inhabitant of the traditional provinces that once made up Gautland. | ||
Beowulf and a band of his fellow Geats, a seafaring tribe from South Sweden, came to the aid of the Dane King Hrothgar when word of Grendel's horrible acts reached them. | |||
Geats are alternately referred to in Beowulf as Weather-Geats, War-Geats, and Sea-Geats. | |||