Beowulf Crossword

2. danish warrior, questioned beowulfs ability
5. beowolfs dad
6. written by individual authors drawing on the style and conventions of the folk epic.
9. the hero receives help from a god or another supernatural force.
11. Long narrative poem that recounts the adventures of a legend hero
14. demonstrate the hero's courage, strength, or virtue.
15. hrothgars dad
16. stories about heroes were recited or sung and passed down orally.
17. beowolfs dad
19. wexstans son
20. important events from the history or mythology of a nation or culture.
23. latin for in the middle of things.
24. travelling storytellers or minstrel.
26. long,dangerous, journey or mission undertaken by the epic hero.
27. grendel terrorized hrothgar

1. beowolfs sword
3. beowulf took this after he killed him
4. reflect the values of his culture and usually figure prominently in the history or mythology of his people
7. central character of an epic
8. mead halls name
10. hrothgars throne was protected by him.
11. share certain literary or formal character.
12. dosent use weapons to fight
13. danish king
18. celebration in the mead hall hurt his ears
21. she wolf,sea creature, sea witch
22. warriors met to sacrifice to them
25. where grendel and his mother lived