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Osric replied to the topic The God-Kings: Scyld, Scef, Beowa – and Related Figures in the forum
Mythology, Theology and Folklore in the group Theology and Mythology
Comparative Family Trees
Old English (Beowulf proem): “Shield, son of Sheaf” — boat-funeral for Scyld; no boat-birth.
- Sceaf (“Sheaf”) — progenitor; no narrative here of a boat-birth in Beowulf
- Scyld Scefing (“Shield, son of Sheaf”) — founder-king; ship-funeral described
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- Scyld Scefing (“Shield, son of Sheaf”) — founder-king; ship-funeral described
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Osric replied to the topic The God-Kings: Scyld, Scef, Beowa – and Related Figures in the forum
Mythology, Theology and Folklore in the group Theology and Mythology
Boat-foundling and founder-king motifs in Germanic traditions
Tradition
Foundling?
Name
Meaning
RoleEnglish (later chronicles)
Yes
Sceaf
Sheaf
Found in a boat with grain; father of Scyld.English (Beowulf)
No
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Ælfswiþ᛬Jackie posted in the group Living Heathenry
I just harvested some wild-growing grass grains and bound them with a grass stem cord. It’s not exactly the same as a bound sheaf of cereal grains, but I think it still works symbolically.
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