紀要論文

『フィンズブルフの戦』と『ベーオウルフ』「フィン王の挿話」におけるHengest とジュート

Hengest and the Jutes in the Fight at Finnsburh and the Finn Episode in Beowulf

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13493043

https://doi.org/10.15002/00007822

法政大学キャリアデザイン学部

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2012-03

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The Fight at Finnsburh is one of the oldest poems written in English and it is the story about the battle between the Fresan (Frisians) and the Dene (Danes) . The same story is found in Beowulf, the largest epic in Old English, and it is generally called the Finn Episode. In the Finn Episode are mentioned the Jutes, who belonged to the Fresan and had something with the battle. The Jutes were one of the Germanic tribes who migrated to Britain, establishing the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.In both works can be found a man named Hengest. He was the leader of Danish army and accompanied Hnæf, who was of the Danish royal blood, to guard him with his men. Hengest is presumed to be the same man that Bede referred to as Hengist who first settled in Britain as the leader of Jutes to establish the Kentish kingdom. In the Finn Episode Hengest is not referred to as a Jute but a Dane. But if he had been the man mentioned as Hengist by Beda, he must have been a Jute and his men were also Jutes.This paper first seeks the reason why the battle broke out and attempts to clarify the role of the Jutes in it. It also tries to seek why in the Finn Episode Hengest is not referred to as a Jute but a Dane, and how he could lead the Jutes for and against him to Britain after the battle.

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