• 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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    Beowulf (/ˈbeɪəwʊlf/; Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative...
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    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 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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  • 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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  • Beowulf is a 2007 American adult animated fantasy action film produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, based...
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    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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  • Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (also known as Heaneywulf) is a verse translation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf into modern English by the Irish...
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    Christopher Lambert in Beowulf (1999). Her first main role came as Scott Wolf's illicit love interest on Party of Five (1999–2000). In 2000, Mitra had...
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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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    List of artistic depictions of Grendel (category Characters in Beowulf)
    comic books. Vincent Hammond portrayed Grendel in Graham Baker's film Beowulf (1999). Among the artistic liberties taken in this version set in a post-apocalyptic...
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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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  • (1998) Six String Samurai (1998) Beowulf (1999) Dogma (1999) End of Days (1999) The Matrix (1999) The Omega Code (1999) Fail Safe (2000) The Last Warrior...
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    List of artistic depictions of Grendel's mother (category Characters in Beowulf)
    novels, and comic books. Layla Roberts portrayed Grendel's mother in Beowulf (1999), a fantasy/science fiction retelling directed by Graham Baker. While...
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  • Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary is a prose translation of the early medieval epic poem Beowulf from Old English to modern English. Translated by...
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    of Beowulf, one of the best-known Old English heroic epic poems. Beowulf has been translated many times in verse and in prose. By 2020, the Beowulf's Afterlives...
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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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    and, after Beowulf, a poetic translation of Judith. Due to the fame of Beowulf, the Nowell Codex is also sometimes known simply as the Beowulf manuscript...
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    The difficulty of translating Beowulf from its compact, metrical, alliterative form in a single surviving but damaged Old English manuscript into any...
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  • mythology Norse mythology in popular culture Walter Quinn (2007-11-23). "Beowulf' movie takes poetic license – and then some – from the original text"....
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    highly acclaimed lecture on the work, "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics", which had a lasting influence on Beowulf research. Lewis E. Nicholson said that...
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    Heorot (category Beowulf)
    stag') is a mead-hall and major point of focus in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. The hall serves as a seat of rule for King Hrothgar, a legendary Danish...
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  • fantasy author and professional philologist, drew on the Old English poem Beowulf for multiple aspects of his Middle-earth legendarium, alongside other influences...
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  • Benny's Video (1992) Bent (1997) Beongeoli Sam-ryong (1929) Beowulf: (1999 & 2007) Beowulf & Grendel (2006) Bequest to the Nation (1973) Berberian Sound...
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  • The 13th Warrior (category Films based on Beowulf)
    1976 novel Eaters of the Dead, which is a loose adaptation of the tale of Beowulf combined with Ahmad ibn Fadlan's historical account of the Volga Vikings...
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  • Can Walk (2021) Beowulf (c. 700–1000 AD) Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981) Beowulf (1999) Beowulf & Grendel (2005) Grendel (2007) Beowulf (2007) "Bright Star"...
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    Skjöldr (section Beowulf)
    appears in the Old English poem Beowulf. The various accounts have little in common. Skjǫldr appears in the prologue of Beowulf, where he is referred to as...
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  • Impulse (1984) Alien Nation (1988) The Recruit (1990) Born to Ride (1991) Beowulf (1999) With Love From... Suffolk (2016) (co-director) AV Club Interview with...
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  • Such films include: Mosaic (1995), Psycho Sushi (1997), Beowulf (1999), Tube Dwellers (1999), Last Flight Out (2004), Pledge of Allegiance (2003), Bunnywhipped...
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    into Christian Hermeticism. pp. 14–15 Williams, David. 1982. "Cain and Beowulf: A Study in Secular Allegory." p. 21. University of Toronto Press. Hamlin...
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