Then a powerful demon, a prowler through the dark,
nursed a hard grievance. It harrowed him
to hear the din of the loud banquet
every day in the hall, the harp being struck
and the clear song of a skilled poet
telling with mastery of man’s beginnings ...
Beowulf
Anglo-Saxon Epic
Seamus Heaney
Translation
Sailing the short distance from Geatland to Denmark, the sixth-century warrior was sure he could help. His name was Beowulf. He would soon meet a monster - the “powerful demon” Grendel - who had terrorized the Danes for a dozen years.
The story of Beowulf and his exploits, told by long-ago poets, comes to us through a single
manuscript written in Old English. Is the story true? Where (and when) was the manuscript written? And ... how could the story of Beowulf - about Scandinavian
Geats, Danes and Swedes
- become Britain’s national epic?
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Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.
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