Under Beowulf’s reign, the feuding with Sweden eventually ceased when Beowulf avenged Hygelac’s death. Now, ready to face one last adversary, Beowulf gathers eleven men to …

Oct 26, 2011 · A barrow is a large mound built over gravesites. In the final battle, Beowulf tells his men to wait on the barrow, which they do until the dragon's fierceness frightens them and they …

This would place Beowulf’s barrow at the southern edge of the land of the Geats and would serve as a territorial marker to those sailing out of the Baltic, and as a warning to those thinking that …

Only one survivor, who is called the "keeper of the rings" (2244), lived to hide the treasures in the barrow. Just as the dead warriors cannot use the treasure, neither can the dragon.

Beowulf describes the treasure as his final gift to his people, and passes on his kingship to Wiglaf, who is clearly the most deserving and competent of the Geats. Beowulf also takes pains to …

Jan 23, 2022 · Beowulf’s funeral thus involves three monuments: (i) the dragon’s barrow with its hoard of treasure where he dies, (ii) his own pyre as an ‘ephemeral monument’, and (iii) the …

Follow the clues to the location of Heorot, Beowulf's barrow and the whale road. Beowulf and Heorot gives the route to, and the true location of Heorot, the great hall of Hrothgar, ravaged …

spread hot round the barrow in horror-billows at midnight hour, till it met its doom. Hasted the herald, the hoard so spurred him his track to retrace; he was troubled by doubt, high-souled …

They ignited the greatest of funeral fires, wood smoke mounted up darkly above the flames, and soon the body of Beowulf was burned, even the heart. Round the pyre rode Beowulf's thanes …

A large mound of earth with a grave inside for burying a person and his belongings. A barrow often looks like a small hill. It is by digging in some of these that many Anglo-Saxon objects …