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  2. Grendel - Wikipedia

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    Grendel is described as "Very terrible to look upon." 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), all aligned in opposition against the protagonist Beowulf. He is referred to as both an eoten and a þyrs, types of beings from wider ...

  3. Grendel's mother - Wikipedia

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    Grendel's mother (Old English: Grendles mōdor) is one of three antagonists in the anonymous Old English 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 the heroic society that the poem is set in. Grendel's mother is introduced in lines ...

  4. Beowulf - Wikipedia

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    Beowulf at Wikisource. Beowulf (/ ˈbeɪəwʊlf /; [1] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature. The date of composition is a matter of contention ...

  5. Beowulf and Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Beowulf. and Middle-earth. J. R. R. Tolkien, a fantasy author and professional philologist, drew on the Old English poem Beowulf for multiple aspects of his Middle-earth legendarium, alongside other influences. He used elements such as names, monsters, and the structure of society in a heroic age. He emulated its style, creating an impression ...

  6. List of Beowulf characters - Wikipedia

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    Characters. Beowulf fights the dragon, by J. R. Skelton, 1908. Queen Wealhþeow as hostess of the banquet, by J. R. Skelton, 1908. Ælfhere – a kinsman of Wiglaf and Beowulf. Æschere – Hroðgar 's closest counselor and comrade, killed by Grendel's mother. Banstan – the father of Breca. Beow or Beowulf – an early Danish king and the son ...

  7. Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary - Wikipedia

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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 J. R. R. Tolkien from 1920 to 1926, it was edited by Tolkien's son Christopher and published posthumously in May 2014 by HarperCollins. In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats in Scandinavia ...

  8. Beowulf (hero) - Wikipedia

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    Hrethel (maternal grandfather), Hygelac (maternal uncle, fl. 515) Nationality. Geatish. Beowulf (/ ˈbeɪəwʊlf /; [1][2] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is a legendary Geatish hero in the eponymous epic poem, one of the oldest surviving pieces of English literature.

  9. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation - Wikipedia

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    978-0374111199. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (also known as Heaneywulf[1]) is a verse translation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf into modern English by the Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney. It was published in 1999 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux and Faber and Faber, and won that year's Whitbread Book of the Year Award.