Re: Geats

Torsten and Piotr:

Geats/Gauts are the same as the Gotar? They were/are located in Oster
Gotaland and Vester Gotaland of southern Sweden and on the island of
Gotland? Are you saying they are not related to the Goths?

cas

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
> --- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> > > Beowulf was a Geat (stripped of inflectional endings), i.e. a
> Gaut,
> > > in Scandinavian terms, not a Goth, even if the names are
somehow
> > > related by containing ablaut variants of the same root (*gaut-
> and
> > > *gut-, see earlier postings on this list).
> > >
> > > Piotr
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > All Swedes who know their History know that Sweden is composed of
> two
> > tribes: Götar and Svear. But this Swedish gentleman suggests the
> > Svear were newcomers to Sweden
> >
> > http://gotland.luma.com/origin%20of%20svear.html
> >
> > Perhaps their arrival should be equated with Odin's expedition to
> > king Gylve at the lake Mälar (west of Stockholm)?
> >
> > This would mean that the Geats were home alone in Sweden before
> then?
> >
> > Torsten
>
> I just discovered this guy wrote in English too.
>
> http://www.bgnett.no/eutopia/Vanir.htm
>
> Torsten