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Chapter 16 THE HORSEMEN AROUND BEOWULF’S GRAVE

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© 2022 Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS iv
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vi
PREFACES viii
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 2 THE ORIGINS OF THE POEM 5
Chapter 3 SOME UNPROVEN PREMISES 11
Chapter 4 DATING OF THE POEM 17
Chapter 5 ARCHAEOLOGICAL DELIMINATION 27
Chapter 6 RESULTS OF PRIMARY ANALYSIS, STEP 1 37
Chapter 7 THE NAME GEATAS 39
Chapter 8 OTHER LINKS TO EASTERN SWEDEN 63
Chapter 9 ELEMENTS OF NON-CHRISTIAN THINKING 67
Chapter 10 POETRY IN SCANDINAVIA 93
Chapter 11 THE ORAL STRUCTURE OF THE POEM 99
Chapter 12 RESULTS OF PRIMARY ANALYSIS, STEP 2 107
Chapter 13 GOTLAND 109
Chapter 14 HEOROT 121
Chapter 15 SWEDES AND GUTES 133
Chapter 16 THE HORSEMEN AROUND BEOWULF’S GRAVE 155
Chapter 17 SOME LINGUISTIC DETAILS 159
Chapter 18 FROM SCANDINAVIA TO ENGLAND 167
Chapter 19 TRANSMISSION AND WRITING DOWN IN ENGLAND 181
Chapter 20 ALLEGORICAL REPRESENTATION 187
Chapter 21 BEOWULF AND GUTA SAGA 211
Chapter 22 CHRONOLOGY 217
Chapter 23 RETROSPECTIVE SUMMARY 227
BIBLIOGRAPHY 243

The Nordic Beowulf

This chapter is in the book The Nordic Beowulf

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781802700237-018

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS iv
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vi
PREFACES viii
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 2 THE ORIGINS OF THE POEM 5
Chapter 3 SOME UNPROVEN PREMISES 11
Chapter 4 DATING OF THE POEM 17
Chapter 5 ARCHAEOLOGICAL DELIMINATION 27
Chapter 6 RESULTS OF PRIMARY ANALYSIS, STEP 1 37
Chapter 7 THE NAME GEATAS 39
Chapter 8 OTHER LINKS TO EASTERN SWEDEN 63
Chapter 9 ELEMENTS OF NON-CHRISTIAN THINKING 67
Chapter 10 POETRY IN SCANDINAVIA 93
Chapter 11 THE ORAL STRUCTURE OF THE POEM 99
Chapter 12 RESULTS OF PRIMARY ANALYSIS, STEP 2 107
Chapter 13 GOTLAND 109
Chapter 14 HEOROT 121
Chapter 15 SWEDES AND GUTES 133
Chapter 16 THE HORSEMEN AROUND BEOWULF’S GRAVE 155
Chapter 17 SOME LINGUISTIC DETAILS 159
Chapter 18 FROM SCANDINAVIA TO ENGLAND 167
Chapter 19 TRANSMISSION AND WRITING DOWN IN ENGLAND 181
Chapter 20 ALLEGORICAL REPRESENTATION 187
Chapter 21 BEOWULF AND GUTA SAGA 211
Chapter 22 CHRONOLOGY 217
Chapter 23 RETROSPECTIVE SUMMARY 227
BIBLIOGRAPHY 243

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