Anglo Saxon Poetry
He was Geat who was a hero then a king.
Who is Beowulf?
A year after a blow for blow game, this knight journeyed to meet what he thought would be his doom.
Who is Sir Gawain?
At a wizard's prompting, he was drafted by the dwarves to be a thief.
Who is Bilbo?
This is an underground cemetery consisting of a subterranean gallery and recesses for tombs.
What is a catacomb?
He legalized Christianity with the Edict of Milan.
Who is Constantine?
This son of Cain attacked the Dane's mead hall because could not stand the sound of merriment.
Who was Grendel?
He was the king of Camelot, and his petulant calls for a story seemed to beckon a menacing man to his court.
Who was King Arthur?
This wizard is friends with elves and dwarves, he shows up on a hobbit's doorstep to draft him for a great adventure.
Who is Gandalf?
This is a painting on wet lime plaster.
What is a fresco?
He was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III
Who is Charlemagne?
He was the king of the Danes who built Heorot and saw it attacked by murderous monster.
Who was Hrothgar?
After offering a blow for a blow, he is decapitated, but he picks up his head and walks away.
Who is the Green Knight?
He is the leader of the dwarves, and he spends the story looking for his family's treasure. He shows how greed can corrupt, but he is redeemed in the end.
Who is Thorin?
This is an image on a wall, ceiling, or floor created from small pieces of colored tile, glass, or stone.
What is a mosaic?
He translated scripture in the Latin Vulgate Bible.
Who was Jerome?
When everyone else fled, he stayed with his king to fight a dragon.
Who was Wiglaf?
He is the lord of the Castle of Hautdesert, and a host to a noble knight.
Who is Sir Bertilak?
He is the dragon who hoards the dwarf treasure. Like all dragons, he represents greed, and he hoards what he cannot use.
Who is Smaug?
This is a painting that represents Christ, an individual saint, or a religious event.
What is an icon?
Who is Muhammed?
Out of jealously, he called out the hero of an Anglo-Saxon epic for losing a swimming contest
Who is Unferth?
Who is Morgan La Faye?
He is an unfortunate creature who live in the caves of Mount Moria. He loses his precious to a hobbit.
Who is Gollum?
This is the niche in the wall of a mosque which indicates the direction toward Mecca.
What is a mihrab?
He crossed the English Channel to defeat Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings and claimed the English crown.