Beowulf (/ˈbeɪəwʊlf/; Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is a legendary Geatish hero in the eponymous epic poem, one of the oldest surviving pieces of...
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the anonymous author the "Beowulf poet". The story is set in pagan Scandinavia in the 5th and 6th centuries. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the...
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The final act of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf includes Beowulf's fight with a dragon, the third monster he encounters in the epic. On his return from Heorot...
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Geatish warrior Beowulf travels to Denmark with his band of soldiers including his best friend Wiglaf to help King Hrothgar, who needs a hero to slay Grendel...
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Beowulf is an Old English epic poem. Beowulf may also refer to: Beowulf (hero), the main character of the poem Beowulf (DC Comics), a DC Comics character...
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Grendel's mother (redirect from Grendel's Mother (Beowulf))
poem Beowulf (c. 700–1000 AD), the other two being Grendel and the dragon. Each antagonist reflects different negative aspects of both the hero Beowulf and...
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of Breca. Beow or Beowulf – an early Danish king and the son of Scyld, but not the same character as the hero of the poem Beowulf – son of Ecgtheow,...
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as Orthanc and Meduseld, derive from Beowulf. The werebear Beorn in The Hobbit has been likened to the hero Beowulf himself; both names mean "bear" and...
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"Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" was a 1936 lecture given by J. R. R. Tolkien on literary criticism on the Old English heroic epic poem Beowulf...
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Hrólfr Kraki (redirect from Origin of Beowulf and Rolf Krake)
Lake Vänern. In Beowulf, the hero Beowulf aids Eadgils in Eadgils' war against Onela. As far as this Swedish adventure is concerned, Beowulf and Bödvar Bjarki...
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water; there, Grendel's mother appears and says he is her new hero, and grants him power. Beowulf defeats the sea serpent with his newfound power and returns...
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Beowulf is a 1999 American science fantasy-action film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. The film was directed by Graham Baker and written...
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a bland hero and barely any resemblance to the source material makes this Beowulf a flop." "ITV commissions 13-part epic warrior drama Beowulf". itv.com...
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Beowülf is an American crossover thrash metal band formed in Venice Beach, California, in 1981 by Michael Alvarado, Dale Henderson, Mike Jensen and Paul...
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published posthumously in May 2014 by HarperCollins. In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats in Scandinavia, comes to the aid of Hroðgar, the king...
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Bear's Son Tale (section Elements lacking in Beowulf)
tale "Strong Hans" or "Der Starke Hans [de]". Beowulf does not explicitly reveal a bear origin for its hero, but his name and great strength connect him...
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Grendel (category Characters in Beowulf)
Grendel is a character in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf (700–1000 CE). He is one of the poem's three antagonists (along with his mother and the dragon)...
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Hrothgar (category Characters in Beowulf)
in two Anglo-Saxon poems, Beowulf and Widsith. Beowulf gives the fuller account of Hrothgar and how the Geatish hero Beowulf visited him to free his people...
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Beowulf is an Old English heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship. Its creation dates from between the 8th and the 11th century, the only surviving manuscript...
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Heroism in The Lord of the Rings (category Heroes in mythology and legend)
traditional for pairs of heroes, such as Cuchulainn and Conchobar, Tristan and Mark, Roland and Charlemagne, Gawain and Arthur, and Beowulf and Hygelac. Flieger...
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Wiglaf (category Characters in Beowulf)
Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. He is the son of Weohstan, a Swede of the Wægmunding clan who had entered the service of Beowulf, king of the Geats. Wiglaf...
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Beowa (redirect from Beowulf Scylding)
Connections have been proposed between the figure of Beowa and the hero Beowulf of the poem of the same name and English folk song figure John Barleycorn...
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mythic hero Beowulf, first depicted in the Nowell Codex. The tale of DC Comics' version of Beowulf starts out very close to the mythic Bēowulf, but later...
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Bödvar Bjarki (category Heroes in Norse myths and legends)
action of yours as you think". Some think Bjarki and the hero Beowulf in the Old English poem Beowulf were originally the same personage, and others instead...
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Heorot (category Beowulf)
monster Grendel slaughters the inhabitants of the hall, the Geatish hero Beowulf defends the royal hall before subsequently defeating him. Later Grendel's...
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Hæþcyn (category Characters in Beowulf)
is the son of the Geatish king Hreðel in the Old English poem Beowulf. The hero Beowulf is Hæþcyn's nephew. Hæþcyn kills his elder brother Herebeald with...
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as he was banished for slaying a man from another clan) Beowulf (son of Ecgþeow and the hero of the epic by his name) Weohstan (Swedish champion and slayer...
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Germanic heroic legend (redirect from Germanic hero)
of the influence it can be mentioned that in Hrólfs saga kraka, the hero Beowulf corresponds to the shapeshifting (bear-man) Bǫðvarr Bjarki, the latter...
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Nægling (category Beowulf)
does not survive Beowulf's final encounter with the dragon, snapping in two—not because of the dragon's strength, but because of the hero's strength: Næġling...
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Swerting (category Characters in Beowulf)
is briefly mentioned in Beowulf, where he had a son or son-in-law, Hrethel, who was the maternal grandfather of the hero Beowulf. A Swerting of the same...
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