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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
      • Beow…

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