Eric Bloodaxe's World
He was proclaimed the God of Thunder
Who is Thor or Thunor?
These tall, blond Celts influenced an early name for England.
Who are the Briton?
The characters in Viking tales who are most often men of high social status and are brave, strong and good.
Who are epic heroes?
Beowulf's people (not Danes, not Jutes).
Who are Geats?
The hero’s journey starts and ends at this point.
What is Status Quo?
Viking raiders killed all the enemy warriors and all of these?
Who are women and children?
They vacated Briton and left behind roads and public baths.
Who are the Romans?
An epic is written from this perspective or point of view.
What is third-person?
The name for the poets who sang or told the Beowulf story?
Who are bards or scops?
This Viking weapon has a long handle and a large flat blade with a curved cutting edge.
What is a broad axe?
Only the Viking leaders were allowed to wear these.
What are helmets?
They believed rocks had spirits?
Who are the Celts?
The epic hero is at natural a doing this?
What is leading or leadership?
This literary technique (used in the Beowulf story) involves a close series of identical consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
The language scholars translated to publish a version of Beowulf that we could read.
What is old English?
These places were good sources of treasure.
What are religious centers?
A legendary Celtic ruler?
Who is King Arthur?
Epic poems usually detail these types of events?
What are supernatural?
This type of religious scholar who wrote Beowulf in old English.
Who is a monk?
The comic book universe that made Beowulf a comic book character: Detective Comics (DC) or Marvel Comics?
What is Detective Comics (DC)?
Vikings were called this because they worshipped warlike gods.
What are pagans?
1. Parliamentary government
2. Common law
3. Personal rights
4. Literature and language
What are the English influences on the United States?
The epic hero avoids these connections?
What are emotional of love?
As seen on the ancestral chart: Beowulf’s father.
Who is Edgetho?
The Viking name for warrior, Berserken, came to be associated with this?
What is insanity?