[gothic-l] Beowolf--the Goth?

[sunburst]

Hails!

> I notice that none of these suggestions involve any Gothic
>leadership,
>which in a way is surprising, given the fact that this southern
>outpost of Frisian territory was surrounded by Franks but, most of
>all, no farther away than Normandy were the Visigoths in their
>kingdom (or was it Svagrius?).


Also it might be noted that Hrothgar's nephew Hrothwulf (Hrolf Krake) has
been identified as King Roduulf of the Heruli.  The reference, is, I
believe, to be found in the Troels Brandt's article "Hypothesis of the
Heruls."  If this is true, what does that say about the origin of the
Scyldings?  If the line of descent could be considered accurate, (which may
be doubtful), that might place the origin of Scyld Scefing in the Tanais
region.  Could the story of Beowulf be of east Germanic origin?  All of the
main east Germanic heroes are at least mentioned in Beowulf.  If so, it
could have been brought to Scandinavia in the remigration of the Heruls.

Albareiks


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