Terms
Term for the poet or singer
scop
Author of Beowulf
Unknown
Terrorized Hrothgar for 12 years
Grendel
Helps Beowulf fight the dragon
Wiglaf
Cremation, etc
Term for the Norse spirit
Draugr
Language Beowulf is written
Old English
Avenges Grendel
Grendel's mother
Term for "man payment"
Wergild
Place to gather and drink
Herot
Term for a female monster
Ketta
Setting of Beowulf
Scandinavia
Attacks Beowulf after a cup is stolen
Dragon
god of war in Anglo-Saxon mythology
Woden
Ruler after Beowulf
Term for Anglo-Saxon burial grounds
Sutton Hoo
Form of literature
Epic
Beowulf destroyed these kind of monsters before Grendel
Sea, etc.
Term refers to the council of the king
Witan
English historian and theologian
Augustine
Term for a short sword
Scramasax
Popularized Beowulf
J.R.R. Tolkien
Monster were descendants of whom
Cain
Hrothgar's captain
Wulfgar
People living in Scandinavian countries in the 8-11 centuries
Vikings