Eadgils
Anglo Saxon · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
The Swedish wars are a third of Beowulf by line count and the registry held four Geats of them and no Swede at all.
Parentage
- parent: Ohthere
Relations
- sibling: EanmundReciprocated in-batch.Reference treatment: Eanmund and Eadgils are the sons of Ohthere. (secondary)
- supported by: BeowulfNon-symmetric toward a pre-existing record. THIS IS THE ONE WAR BEOWULF FIGHTS THAT IS NOT AGAINST A MONSTER, and the corpus could not state it.Reference treatment: Beowulf supports Eadgils in an invasion of Sweden in which Onela is slain. (secondary)
Sources
- Eadgils is Ohthere's surviving son, who takes the Swedish throne from his uncle Onela with Beowulf's backing.: Reference treatments of the Swedish wars in Beowulf and of Eadgils. (secondary)