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In 507, the legendary 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, a hideously malformed troll-like creature with insuperable strength and cunning who attacked and killed many of Hrothgar's warriors during a celebration in the mead hall Heorot.
This story is portrayed in the movie The 13th Warrior. 1987: The Heorot series: science-fiction novels, by Steven Barnes, Jerry Pournelle, and Larry Niven, is named after the stronghold of King Hrothgar and partly parallels Beowulf. 1996: Whose Song is Sung, a novel by Frank Schaefer.
Beowulf, with the permission of Hygelac, king of Geatland, sails to Denmark with thirteen Geats to slay Grendel for Hrothgar. The arrival of Beowulf and his warriors is welcomed by Hrothgar, but the king's village has fallen into a deep despair and many of the pagan villagers convert to Christianity at the urging of an Irish monk. While Grendel ...
Pages in category "Films based on Beowulf" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Animated Epics: Beowulf: 1998 Beowulf: 1999 a science-fiction/fantasy film starring Christopher Lambert. The 13th Warrior: 1999 action movie directed by John McTiernan mixing Beowulf with the travels of Ibn Fadlan. Beowulf & Grendel: 2005 starring Gerard Butler and directed by the Icelandic-Canadian Sturla Gunnarsson. Grendel: 2007
In Denmark, recent (1986–88, 2004–05) [15] archaeological excavations at Lejre, where Scandinavian tradition located the seat of the Scyldings, Heorot, have revealed that a hall was built in the mid-6th century, matching the period described in Beowulf, some centuries before the poem was composed. [16]
Skjǫldr appears in the prologue of Beowulf, where he is referred to as Scyld Scefing, implying he is a descendant or son of a Scef (‘Sheaf’, usually identified with Sceafa), or, literally, 'of the sheaf'. According to Beowulf he was found in a boat as a child, possibly an orphan, but grew on to become a powerful warrior and king:
Scyld – (Scyld Scēfing) warrior king who founded the ruling house in Denmark. Sigemund – a legendary Germanic hero whom Beowulf is compared to. Swerting – the grandfather of Hygelac. Unferð – a thegn of the Danish lord Hroðgar. Wæls – the father of Sigemund; Wayland Smith – a smith of Germanic legend who forged Beowulf's ...