Beowulf
Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
- Arrival of Beowulf
- Battle with Grendel
- Battle with Grendel's Mother
- Beowulf and his men cross the sea from Geatland to Denmark.
- Honoring Beowulf
- Beowulf battles Grendel, and outsmarts the monster; he takes Grendel's arm as a trophy, mortally wounding him. Later, he also battles the swamp hag and the dragon. An important ally against the dragon is Wiglaf.
- Final Battle
- Beowulf must defeat the evil swamp hag to save the Danes. To defeat her, he swims into the her underwater lair and stabs her with a sword made for a giant.
- Burial of Beowulf
- King Hrothgar gives Beowulf his finest horses and a massive treasure.
- When he first returns, he gives Hygelac gifts. Years later, his heroic deeds are again needed. When a would-be thief disturbs a dragon, it threatens his land. Knowing he has lived a full life and seeing his death before him, Beowulf charges into the action and defeats the dragon, but not before he is bitten in the neck and poisoned.
- According to legend, Beowulf's body and a massive treasure were burned on a funeral pyre overlooking the sea. He dies a hero’s death, and his stories are told over generations.
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