Beowulf: personer, tidslinje och platser
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- BeowulfBeowulf is Scyld Scefing’s son, whose fame brings comfort and honor to the Danes.Första gången i part 1
- Scyld ScefingScyld Scefing is a ruler who rises from helpless beginnings and makes neighboring peoples pay tribute.Första gången i part 1
- HrothgarHrothgar is a powerful king who builds Heorot and shares treasure with his warriors.Första gången i part 2
- GrendelGrendel is a descendant of Cain tormented by the music and happiness in Heorot.Första gången i part 2
- HigelacHigelac is the leader whose companions Beowulf identifies as visitors from Geatland.Första gången i part 5
- EcgtheowEcgtheow is the father Beowulf names when introducing himself to the coast guard.Första gången i part 5
- WulfgarWulfgar carries Beowulf’s request to Hrothgar and recommends welcoming the visitors.Första gången i part 6
- WealhtheowWealhtheow welcomes Beowulf as he promises to resist Grendel.Första gången i part 9
- UnferthUnferth challenges Beowulf’s courage with a swimming story and predicts his defeat against Grendel.Första gången i part 9
- Grendel's motherGrendel's mother is a grieving attacker who enters Heorot seeking revenge for her son.Första gången i part 20
- WiglafWiglaf is a warrior who remembers Beowulf’s gifts and joins him against the dragon.Första gången i part 36
- Part 1
Scyld Scefing dies, and his grieving companions send him out in a ship filled with treasure.
- Part 2
Hrothgar builds Heorot, where the warriors’ music and happiness torment Grendel.
- Part 3
Grendel’s repeated attacks leave Heorot deserted and Hrothgar grieving for twelve winters.
- Part 5
Beowulf identifies his companions and offers help against the attacker troubling the Danes.
- Part 7
Beowulf asks to defend Heorot and declares that he will fight Grendel without weapons.
- Part 9
Unferth challenges Beowulf’s courage, but Beowulf answers with his own account of the swimming contest.
- Part 12
Grendel devours a sleeping soldier before Beowulf catches him in a grip that prevents escape.
- Part 13
Beowulf tears apart Grendel’s shoulder and displays his arm after the monster flees.
- Part 16
Hrothgar rewards Beowulf with precious military equipment and eight horses at a joyful feast.
- Part 18
The singer finishes the story of Finn’s death, and Wealhtheow urges Hrothgar to reward the Geats.
- Part 20
Grendel’s mother attacks Heorot, kills Hrothgar’s dearest warrior, and takes the bloody hand.
- Part 22
The warriors follow the monster’s tracks to bloody water and discover Æschere’s head.
- Part 24
Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother with a giant sword and returns with Grendel’s head and the sword hilt.
- Part 26
Hrothgar warns Beowulf against arrogance and reminds him that strength and life soon pass.
- Part 29
Higelac welcomes Beowulf home and asks about his journey and his fight with Grendel.
- Part 31
Beowulf shares his treasures and later rules for fifty winters before a dragon appears.
- Part 32
A fleeing servant steals a cup from the dragon’s treasure, and the dragon discovers the theft.
- Part 33
The dragon burns Beowulf’s hall, and Beowulf orders an iron shield while refusing a large army.
- Part 36
Wiglaf joins the fight, but Beowulf’s sword shatters and the dragon bites his neck.
- Part 37
Beowulf and his helper kill the dragon, but poison from Beowulf’s wound brings him close to death.
- Part 38
Beowulf sees the treasure, requests a coastal burial mound, gives Wiglaf his equipment, and dies.
- Part 43
The Geats burn Beowulf’s body, build his burial mound, and ride around it praising him.
Dolt tills du har läst så långt.
- The seaThe sea separates Scyld Scefing from neighboring peoples who obey him and pay tribute.Första gången i part 1
- HeorotHeorot is Hrothgar’s great hall, built for feasts, celebration, and the sharing of treasure.Första gången i part 2
- DenmarkDenmark is the land Beowulf reaches with his companions after hearing of Hrothgar’s suffering.Första gången i part 3
- The barrowThe barrow holds a vanished people’s wealth, stored by their last survivor and guarded by a dragon.Första gången i part 32
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