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Beowulf and Rurik

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Difference between Beowulf and Rurik

Beowulf vs. Rurik

Beowulf is an Old English epic story consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. Rurik (also Riurik; Old Church Slavonic Рюрикъ Rjurikŭ, from Old Norse Hrøríkʀ; 830 – 879), according to the 12th-century Primary Chronicle, was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who in the year 862 gained control of Ladoga, and built the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod.

Similarities between Beowulf and Rurik

Beowulf and Rurik have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Old Norse, Scylding.

Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Scylding

Old English Scylding (plural Scyldingas) and Old Norse Skjöldung (plural Skjöldungar), meaning in both languages "People of Scyld/Skjöld" refers to members of a legendary royal family of Danes, especially kings.

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Beowulf and Rurik Comparison

Beowulf has 190 relations, while Rurik has 56. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 0.81% = 2 / (190 + 56).

References

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