Beowulf Crossword
Across
- 6. Hurts Grendel's hears, which causes him to attack at the mead hall
- 9. written by individual authors drawing on the style and conventions of the folk epic
- 10. good
- 12. larger than life character
- 14. helped Beowulf defeat the Dragon
- 15. reflects the values of the characters culture and usually figure the prominently in the history or mythology of this people
- 16. disgusting
- 17. making twisting or turning motions
- 18. stories about heroes that were recited or sung as entertainment and passed down from generations
- 20. comfort
- 23. Hrothgar's army
- 24. purify
- 28. certain literary or format characteristics
- 29. compensations for a wrong
Down
- 1. hero of the story
- 2. evil
- 3. Beowulf's father
- 4. in the middle of things
- 5. big and solid
- 7. central hero of an epic
- 8. actions that demonstrate the hero's courage, strength, or virtue and make up most of the actions in the narrative
- 11. when the hero receives help from a god/goddess
- 13. a long narrative poem ;usually told orally
- 19. history or mythology of a nation or culture often provide the themes and backdrops for the epic narrative
- 21. a long, dangerous journey undertaken by the epic hero
- 22. devilish female creature
- 25. Beowul;s army
- 26. Beowulf's lord/cousin
- 27. what the warriors built for Beowulf to honor him