[gothic-l] Traditions of origin - Gaut/Geat/Gaus(us)

[keth at ONLINE.NO]

Hi Tore!
I am glad you took up this question.

>Gotland and the Gutnish people are mentioned still more times. They are in
>Beowulf called the "Wedder" people. The wedder is the official symbol of
>Gotland and was used as the official seal for the Gutnish republic.
>Not Sweden but Svear are mentined many times as part of Beowulf deals with
>the wars between the Svear and the Gutnish people.
>Tore

I didn't know about the Wedder before, though I did once see
upon your web page - quite a few years ago now - that Gotland
has a lamb as symbol. But the way I remember it is like a 
Christian lamb, maybe with the Danebrog on a stannart. (?)

You are quite right that there is a lot of Wederas in Beowulf.
I count it 16 times !
And then there are some guys called "Wedergeatas",
ah!  Weather-goats  ;) which is supposed to be the same as the Geatas.
But the Geatas are mentioned 50 times!
There are also several kinds of Geatas:

Guðgeatas    -  godguttane !
Sægeatas     -  sjøguttane !
Wedergeatas  -  Vérguttane !
:)

Bäste Hälsingar
Keth



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