King Sheave

Legendary king of the Lombards

CharactersTier 3 ·

Kindred: Men

ca. 1 min

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In briefanswer capsule

King Sheave figures in the planned structure of The Lost Road as material for the Anglo-Saxon chapter on Ælfwine and Eädwine. Prose and verse versions survive; one assigns the narrative to Ælfwine. The motif stems from Northern Germanic tradition—Beowulf, Æthelweard, William of Malmesbury, and Widsith’s notice that Sheaf ruled the Lombards. In the poem a child reaches that people by boat. Tolkien analysed the linked Scyld Scefing question in Oxford lectures.

Sources

The Lost Road and Other Writings — The Lost Road

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Legendarium (2026): „King Sheave“. Last updated September 25, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/characters/king-sheave/

APA

Legendarium. (2026). King Sheave. Last updated September 25, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/characters/king-sheave/

MLA

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BibTeX

@misc{legendarium-king-sheave-en,
  title        = {King Sheave},
  author       = {{Legendarium}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.legendarium.page/characters/king-sheave/}},
  note         = {Last updated September 25, 2026}
}