Grendel
A descendant of Grendel (where he came from)
Who is Cain?
What does Beowulf do when he sees Grendel's body in the lair?
cuts his head off
The way that Beowulf decided to fight Grendel.
What is bare/with no weapons?
The reason Grendel's Mother attacks Herot.
What is the death of Grendel?
True or False: Beowulf fights a ton of sea monsters before fighting Grendel's Mother.
What is False: Grendel's Mother drags him to the bottom and Beowulf avoids fighting them?
Oldest surviving English poem.
What is Beowulf?
The place and people that Grendel comes to kill.
What is Herot and the Danes?
Beowulf's Father
Who is Edgetho?
The trophy from this fight.
What is Grendel's arm? (Hangs from the rafters)
The person Grendel's Mother kills in retaliation for Grendel's death.
Who is Hrothgar's best friend?
Name one of the three disadvantages Beowulf suffers from during this fight.
What is his sword is useless, his helmet is useless, and/or Grendel's Mother is stronger than him?
What was erected in honor of Beowulf after his death?
What is a tower/lighthouse?
The number of men Grendel kills and eats on the first night.
What is 30 men?
The reason Hrothgar trusts Beowulf so quickly.
What is Hrothgar was friends with Beowulf's father?
True or False: Grendel can be harmed by weapons.
What is False, Grendel cannot be harmed by weapons?
The item Grendel's mother takes back to the lake.
What is Grendel's arm?
With what weapon does Beowulf kill Grendel's Mother?
What is a "tremendous sword" ?
These people told tales in the common gathering place of the community.
Who are scops or bards?
Based on their descriptions, Grendel and Herot represent these ideas.
What is darkness and light?
What does Beowulf ask of Wiglaf before he dies?
What is to erect a tower in his honor, the treasures from dragon, and his gold necklace?
Grendel's motivation for killing.
What is hatred or bloodlust?
What two trophies does Beowulf take from the monster’s lair?
Large sword and Grendel's mother's head
The overall theme of Beowulf.
What is good will always triumph over evil?
How many years did Beowulf rein as Kings of the Geats?
What is 50 years?
The meaning of the kenning "shadow of death" and who it characterizes
What is the always present danger to the Danes at night and characterizes Grendel?
What warrior stayed and helped Beowulf fight the dragon?
Who is Wiglaf?
The symbolism of this (Grendel/Beowulf) fight.
What is good triumphs over evil?
The symbolism of the lake.
What is the hell/the underworld?
Grendel's Mother was also known as a kenning name in the epic poem Beowulf.
What is the mighty water-witch?
Beowulf author.
Who is unknown?