Across
- 2. Long, dangerous journey or mission undertaken by the epic hero
- 4. Disgusting
- 7. Travel
- 10. The Mead Hall
- 13. Hrothgar's wife, the queen of the Danes
- 14. Beowulf's cousin and lord
- 15. Purify, cleanse
- 18. Hrothgar's father
- 19. Lively and noisy festivities
- 21. Help from a god or supernatural force that takes interest in his quest
- 22. A larger than life character
- 24. Big and solid; bulky
- 28. Shares certain literary/formal characteristics
- 30. Central character of an epic
Down
- 1. Beowulf's father
- 3. Danish King
- 5. Reflects values of his culture and usually figure prominently in the history or mythology of his people
- 6. Actions that demonstrate a hero's strength, courage, or virtue and make up an action in a narrative
- 8. Making twisting/turning motions
- 9. Helps Beowulf in the fight against the dragon
- 11. Events from history/mythology of nation/culture provided themes/backdrops for an epic narrative
- 12. Compensation for a wrong
- 16. Written by individual authors, drawing on style and conventions of folk epics
- 17. An unnamed swamp monster who terrorizes Herot out of vengeance
- 20. "In the middle of things" in Latin, meaning the reader joins the story during the thick of action
- 23. Comfort, relief
- 25. A long, narrative poem that recounts the adventures of a legendary hero in pursuit of a goal of national importance
- 26. A demon descendant of Cain that terrorizes Herot
- 27. Recited/sung as entertainment and passed down orally to each generation
- 29. Fights Grendel, Grendel's Mother and a dragon