Can anyone tell me who Beowulf was?

Answer 1

Here is a link that breaks it down to stupid for ya. It is all about the story. The history of when and where and all that jazz. I hope it helps. You opened my eyes to something new to learn. THNX

Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him,
son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands.
So becomes it a youth to quit him well
with his father's friends, by fee and gift,
that to aid him, aged, in after days,
come warriors willing, should war draw nigh,
liegemen loyal: by lauded deeds
shall an earl have honor in every clan.

http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/main.html
http://www.legends.duelingmodems.com/beowulf/

Answer 2

First of all, The Thirteenth Warrior was not the story of Beowulf, in fact that is not even the right title. The Thirteenth Warrior was originally titled The Eaters of the Dead, and it was written by Michael Crichton, you know the Jurassic Park guy. I don't think he was alive in 6th century England. So for all of you who watched this movie instead of reading the story, you've got the wrong story.

Anyways, Beowulf was a Nordic Warrior King, who traveled the world to slay dragons and monsters and save the people who lived in small thatched roofed cottages. For you see they are easily burninated by those as mighty as TROGDOR!!!,.??> Sorry, must have been a Strongbad flashback. His greatest triumphs include the slaying of Grendel and Grendel's mother. And also the mighty dragon that he vanquished while breathing his dying breaths. That is about it.

Answer 3

Beowulf was a warrior king in Norse legends and Myths, and is one of the oldest surviving epic poems in what is identifiable as an early form of the English language. In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of a Germanic tribe from southern Sweden called the Geats, travels to Denmark to help defeat a monster named Grendel.

Answer 4

My question back to you is are you a high school who is procrasinating on homework? As an English teacher, I help students find the answers themselves because the answer by word of mouth may be the wrong answer. You need to go the search engine Google scholar. All I am giving you is that Beowulf is old oral history of the Danes and the Geats (Scandinavian tribes) and it is different than the Gilgamesh story.

Answer 5

If you have seen the 13th warrior, that story is based on Beowulf, an Arabic who travelled into Northern Europe with Norsmen and wrote of strange encounters with malevolent beasts.

Answer 6

Beowulf scholar Tolkien noted that the name Beowulf almost certainly means bee-hunter in Old English. The name Beowulf could therefore be a kenning for "bear" due to a bear's love of honey. Bees figure prominently in many mythologies in Europe and the Near East (see Bee (mythology)). Jacob Grimm attributes the term "bee-hunter" to a type of woodpecker.

Some scholars suggest that Beowulf could correspond to Bödvar Bjarki, the battle bear, from Norse sagas. Both left Geatland (where Bjarki's brother was king), arrived in Denmark and slaid a beast that terrorized the Danish court. They also both helped the Swedish king Eadgils defeat his uncle Ali in the Battle on the Ice.

An alternative theory is championed by author John Grigsby in his 2005 text, Beowulf & Grendel: The Truth Behind England's Oldest Legend. In this book, Grigsby argues that the word Beowulf translates as 'Barley wolf' and links this character to ancient warrior cults of Indo-European tradition such as the Ulfhednar ('wolf-heads') of Norse myth who may have gone into battle intoxicated with a sacred narcotic. This narcotic was most likely ergotized barley, a substance found in the stomachs of Iron Age bodies found preserved in peat bogs in Denmark such as Tollund Man. The fact that such victims seem to have been slain in rites to the goddess Nerthus mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania has prompted Grigsby to argue that Grendel's lake-dwelling mother may be a late echo of this goddess, and that Beowulf's victory over her represents the ending of her cult in Age of Migration Denmark by Odin-worshipping Danes.

Answer 7

"Beowulf" was the first epic poem in English Literature. If you are interested in Beowulf, I encourage you to read it. It is about a Scandanavian warrior who helps a king (Hrothgar) whose village is beseiged by a monster named Grendel.

Answer 8

YOU HAVE TO SEE THE MOVIE ABOUT BEOWULF AND CHECK IT OUT>

Answer 9

He fought monsters to protect a kingdom. The movie thirteenth warrior is based on this book.

Answer 10

Beowolf is the story of a great sixth century Scandanavian warrior.