Beowulf Terms

Cutting of another's head; Beowulf severs Grendel's mother's head and Grendel's head

King of the Danes; Hrothgar's father

Poetic Synonym: Whale-road -> ocean

Long poem to tell tale of hero's deeds or represent cultural values

Fate, the duty of a hero, ruling force of a poem

Beowulf's sword stolen from Grendel's mother, broken by the dragon

Slaughtered by Grendel's mother

Wiglaf's father, loyal to Beowulf

Found throughout the Poem, indicate that Beowulf was written between 7th and 10th century

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