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This picture stone from Smiss in När, Gotland has been interpreted as depicting Vitastjärna.

Gutasaga (Gutasagan) is a saga regarding the history of Gotland before its Christianization. It was recorded in the 13th century and survives in only a single manuscript, the Codex Holm. B 64, dating to c. 1350, kept at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm together with the Gutalag, the legal code of Gotland. It was written in the Old Gutnish language, a variety of Old Norse.[1]

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Gutasaga

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Gutasaga (Gutasagan) is a saga regarding the history of Gotland before its Christianization. It was recorded in the 13th century and survives in only a...

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Gutes

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Latin and Germanic "u". The oldest history of the Gutes is retold in the Gutasaga. According to legend they descended from a man named Þjelvar who was the...

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Gothiscandza

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two traditions that may be connected to Gothiscandza. The first one, the Gutasaga, may refer to the migration of the Goths and the second one, the legend...

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Old Norse

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all ports across the sea which belong to the king at Uppsala and likewise for everyone who want to travel to Gotland. —Gutasaga, § Inträdet i Sverige...

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Gamla Uppsala

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Scandinavian sources, such as Ynglingatal, the Westrogothic law and the Gutasaga talk of the King of the Swedes (Suiones) as the "King at Uppsala". It was...

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Germanic paganism

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authors such as Thietmar of Merseburg and Adam of Bremen as well as the Gutasaga. An image on the picture stone Stora Hammars I is usually interpreted as...

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Gutalagen

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book originated in about 1220 and, apart from laws, it also contains the Gutasaga. Medieval Scandinavian laws  Swedish Wikisource has original text related...

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Old Gutnish

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Gutes (Old Gutnish: Guta lag) from the 13th century. Citation (from the Gutasaga): Þissi þieluar hafþi ann sun sum hit hafþi. En hafþa cuna hit huita stierna...

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Crimean Goths

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Bastarnae Chernyakhov culture Crimea Germans Crimean Gothic Gothiscandza Gutasaga Haplogroup I-M438 Herules History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the...

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Vikings

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Scandinavian ancestry and Russian admixture. Faroese people Geats Gotlander Gutasaga Oeselians Proto-Norse language Scandinavian prehistory Swedes (Germanic...

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Awair Strabain

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("straw-legs") was according to the Gutasaga a chieftain from Alva socken on Gotland and a wise and able man. The Gutasaga relates how many kinds attacked...

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Gotland

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spread of agricultural peoples from the Middle East at about that time. Gutasaga contains legends of how the island was settled by Þieluar and populated...

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Gundestrup cauldron

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Gundestrup cauldron. Celtic polytheism Migration Period Pashupati seal Gutasaga Nielsen, S; Andersen, J; Baker, J; Christensen, C; Glastrup, J; et al....

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Pashupati seal

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any kind of history of [such] practices". Gundestrup cauldron Cernunnos Gutasaga Possehl, Gregory L. (2002). The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective...

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Goths

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authority on the Goths in the German-speaking world is Herwig Wolfram. Gutasaga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) Hlöðskviða (The...

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Jutes

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dynasty of the Jutish kingdom of Wihtwara, on the Isle of Wight). the Gutasaga is a saga that charts the history of Gotland prior to Christianity. It...

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Timeline of Swedish history

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present day Uppland) ca 1220 Gutalagen law book (also containing the Gutasaga) 1240 Battle of the Neva 1252 City of Stockholm founded 1280 Ordinance...

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Greece runestones

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interesting by scholars is Ormika, which is otherwise only known from the Gutasaga, where it was the name of a free farmer who was baptised by the Norwegian...

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Name of Estonia

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tradition by historians like Snorri Sturluson. Estonia appears as Aistland in Gutasaga and as Eistland in Ynglinga saga, Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar, Haralds saga...

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Swiss Swedish origin legend

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1871 Historiography of Switzerland Name of Switzerland Name of Sweden Gutasaga Walser migrations The gloss dates to the late 15th century, and there has...

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Torsburgen

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sections, almost 2 km (1.2 mi) long in total. The fort is featured in the Gutasaga. The plateau is also a nature reserve. Torsburgen is situated on, and encompasses...

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Fardhem Church

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the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby. According to the Gutasaga, one of the earliest churches on Gotland was built in Fardhem. If so, this...

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Atlingbo Church

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have been one of the first churches on Gotland as it is mentioned in the Gutasaga. The presently visible church was erected during the 13th century. The...

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Fardhem

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Fardhems pastorat. The locality is mentioned as Farþhaim in the 14th century Gutasaga. The last part of the name hem means "dwelling" or "farm" and the first...

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Ljugarn

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during the Middle Ages. These "tredingar" are mentioned as early as in the Gutasaga. The listed building Strandridaregården is believed to have been built...

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Stenkyrka Church

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the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby. According to the Gutasaga, a man called Lickajr the Wise built one of the first churches on Gotland...

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List of medieval churches on Gotland

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18.39056°E / 57.47972; 18.39056 (Atlingbo Church) (More images) The Gutasaga mentions a church in Atlingbo. A first, wooden church was probably constructed...

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