- Götaland (Swedish: [ˈjø̂ːtaˌland] ; also Gothia, Gothland,
Gothenland or
Gautland) is one of
three lands of
Sweden and
comprises ten provinces. Geographically...
- dragonslayer. In the Völsunga saga, Signý
marries Siggeir, the king of
Gautland (modern Västergötland). Völsung and
Sigmund are
attending the
wedding feast...
-
reluctantly refuses, so as to
maintain their alliance with
Gautland. But when Signý
travels to
Gautland, she
finds out that
Siggeir is
plotting to overthrow...
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Siggeir is the king of
Gautland (i.e. Götaland/Geatland, but in some
translations also
rendered as Gothland), in the Völsunga saga. In Skáldskaparmál he...
-
Sweden are synonymous, and
described as a
separate country from Götaland/
Gautland/Geatland. In Sögubrot af
Nokkrum for instance, Kolmården
between Svealand...
- of Odin's sons, and the
founder of the
kingdom of the Geats, Götaland (
Gautland/Geatland), in Bósa saga ok Herrauðs (c. 1300). This Gautr/Gauti also appears...
- of Volsung's
eleven children.
Signy reluctantly married King
Siggeir of
Gautland after he
asked King
Volsung for her hand. It was at
their wedding feast...
- king's men, and he left to
become a robber.
Thorir became the king of
Gautland (Geatland). Bjarki, the last to
leave his mother,
killed Hvit in revenge...
- and is
where Bråviken is located: "Kolmerkr, er
skilr Svíþjóð ok Eystra-
Gautland ... sem
heitir Brávík". Saxo ends his
account by
saying "thus
ended the...
-
December 2011.[permanent dead link]
Jonathan York Heng ****, 'The
Matter of
Gautland' (unpublished
doctoral thesis,
University of Cambridge, 2018), pp. 119–29;...
