Hygelac is indisputable historic and recorded by historians in the sixth century already. A people living in the southeast of present-day Sweden. The main character warrior Beowulf is a nephew of king Hygelac who is king of the Geats. But personages appearing in the Beowulf are even much older, and go back to the period of the Wandering of the Peoples, also known as the Migration Period. The text of the Beowulf dates from around the year 850. Lastly, a finne in modern Mid-Frisian language is a kind of meadow that is rarely or never mowed. The Irish hero who got his wisdom from his thumb. Of course, we must not forget to mention the Celtic hero Finn, also known as Fionn mac Cumhaill. Finngaill or finngenti means fair foreigners in old Irish texts. And, a ffynnon is a well or spring in Welsh language. But, maybe also related to fen or fenland. In Ireland and Scotland the name Finn surfaces from the black peaty waters with Loch Finn and Glenfinnan. It still needs some research, especially the history of the Frisians as well-known slave traders in the Early Middle Ages. Concerning Mark Twain’s book ‘Huckleberry Finn’ we will come back to you. Thus the Netherlands is filling up with Finns too. In this respect, since the character Finn Dandridge appeared in the highly popular tv-series Grey’s Anatomy around 2005 -and this Finn clearly was not an ugly Danish troll- the name Finn became a hit in the Netherlands. Further below we will dig a bit deeper into these CPC’s.įurthermore, the name Finn is a common Anglo-Saxon name. These southern Scandinavian type CPC’s have been identified in what is now the Netherlands as well, especially around towns of Rijnsburg and Egmond in respectively provinces Zuid Holland and Noord Holland. One hall measured an amazing forty-seven by ten meters.
Kilos of gold have been found, and big halls similar to those described in the epic Beowulf. At the Danish island Fyn, also called Funen, near the village of Gudme, the most important so-called Central-Place-Complex (CPC) has been discovered known today. Indeed, everyone knows, Fins and witchcraft are one an the same. A bit more to the northeast from Denmark, a whole country is filled up with witchy Fins. In Danish folklore, however, the figure Finn was not a giant but an ugly troll instead. This Finn is said to be depicted on a pillar in the crypt of this cathedral dating early twelfth century. A Swedish legend has it ‘Finn the Giant’ built the cathedral of Lund in southern Sweden near Malmö.
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