Anglo-Saxon Values
Characters
Who Said That?
Battles
Epic Hero Journey
100
Anglo-Saxon culture combines Norse/Germanic pagan roots with what Roman religion?
Christianity
100
A great warrior who has defeated trolls, sea brutes, giants, and comes to the aid of the enemy nation.
Beowulf (duh)
100
Who said this?: “I drove five great giants into chains….I swam in the blackness of night hunting monsters.
Beowulf
100
Why did Grendel attack Heorot?
He was jealous of the music and merry-making. Also he was evil.
100
The part when the hero encounters conflict.
Trials and Results
200
There are no two people more accursed in Anglo-Saxon culture than who?
The kin-slayer and king-slayer
200
Ruler of Denmark, his hall is called Heorot
Hrothgar
200
Who said this?: "Tell me your name, and your father's; no spies go further on to danish than you've come already"
The Danish Watcher
200
Beowulf’s death is the result of what wound, from which creature?
Neck bite/poison from Dragon
200
The part where the hero responds to a problem, encounters a problem, or gets pushed out of their comfort zone.
Call to Adventure
300
A good king would not behave like a dragon, that mound-guard, by performing what action?
Give freely of his wealth
300
The original kinslayer, from whom all other evil creatures are descended.
Cain
300
Who is this referring to?: "...she drew a dagger, brown with dried blood, and prepared to avenge her only son."
Grendel's mother
300
What does Beowulf use to decapitate Grendel’s Mother?
a sword hewn by giants
300
The part after the hero returns to the old world, usually accompanied by a change in status/role.
New Life in Old World
400
The kenning “ring-giver” refers to what position in an Anglo-Saxon community?
King
400
The most trustworthy of Beowulf’s thanes, who is also from his clan
Wiglaf
400
Who says this: "I would rather my body were robed in the same burning blaze as my gold-giver's body than go back home bearing arms."
Wiglaf
400
Grendel came to the Mead Hall, but Beowulf had to go to Grendel’s mother’s residence? What was this place?
A: fiery lake
400
The part where the hero encounters a mentor, receives a new ability or weapon, or gathers friends to fight beside him.
Assistance
500
This was a place of safety, community, celebration, and getting wasted.
A Mead Hall
500
Beowulf’s mighty father, whose life spanned “many winters”
Edgetheow
500
Whom is this referring to?: "The outlandish thing writhed and convulsed and viciously turned on the king."
The Dragon
500
The battles between Beowulf and Grendel and Beowulf and Grendel’s mother take place in which country?
Denmark
500
The part where the hero is rewarded for all his efforts.
Treasure
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