Characters
The hero of our tale
Who is Beowulf?
The culture that inspired Beowulf.
What is the Anglo-Saxon culture?
Beowulf decides to fight Grendel like this. After all, it must be a fair fight.
What is without weapons or armor?
Beowulf is no longer a young man when he fights the fire-dragon. He's been king for this many years.
The final request Beowulf makes.
What is to build a tower there and name it after him.
The demon descendant of Cain, the terror of Herot.
Who is Grendel?
Usually frowned upon in our society, but accepted or even encouraged in Beowulf's culture.
What is bragging / boasting?
Too heavy for (normal) humans, but useful enough to divorce Grendel's mother from her head.
What is the Giant Sword?
All the King's men fled... except for one, who fought the dragon alongside Beowulf.
Who is Wiglaf?
The title Beowulf gives Wiglaf at the end.
What is King?
Who is Grendel's mother?
The first prize that Beowulf claims from Grendel.
What is Grendel's arm?
Unstoppable force meets the immovable object. This is what happens when Beowulf strikes the dragon with his sword.
What is the sword breaks?
The number of men that die horrifically during Grendel's first attack.
What is 30 men?
King of the Danes.
Who is Hrothgar?
The structure used to send the dead off to their final resting place.
What is a funeral pyre?
The wound that ends Beowulf's adventurous life.
What is a venomous dragon tusk to the neck?
The dragon woke up angry all because a thief took this one thing.
What is the gem-studded cup?
The prize Beowulf gives Hrothgar after killing Grendel's mother.
What is the sword's hilt and Grendel's head?
The warrior who stood by Beowulf at the end.
Who is Wiglaf?
This is the determinant of all. Call it wyrd or call it the Will of God, it is _______.
What is Fate?
Beowulf calls it an act of God, but this actually saves him from Grendel's mother's knife.
The gruesome end of Beowulf's final monster.
What is being cut in half?
These items adorned Beowulf's pyre.
What are helmets, battle shields, and mail-shirts (armor)?