Beowulf Flashcards

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Anglo-Saxon story transmission method

Back

Oral Tradition

Front

Person responsible for stories in Anglo-Saxon times

Back

Scop

Front

Who helped Beowulf fight the dragon?

Back

Wiglaf

Front

Importance of Beowulf to the English language

Back

First story written in English

Front

Grendel's Biblical ancestor

Back

Cain

Front

Beowulf's origin

Back

Geatland

Front

Grendel's non-descriptive trait

Back

Loving

Front

Beowulf's cause of death

Back

Killed by the dragon

Front

Grendel raids the mead hall for winters

Back

12 years

Front

Name of the mead hall

Back

Herot