Beowulf (Grendel & Grendel's Mother)

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Across
  1. 1. Anglo Saxon Storyteller
  2. 6. Number of years of Grendel’s killing spree
  3. 8. How the story of Beowulf was passed down (2 words, no spaces)
  4. 11. “--- will unwind as it must!”
  5. 12. Beowulf’s sword
  6. 14. Biblical character Grendel is a descendant of
  7. 17. Descriptive phrase used in place of a name
  8. 18. Hrothgar’s reward for who kills Grendel’s mother
  9. 19. “Talking of Terror” is an example of _____
  10. 21. Who greets Beowulf’s arrival on the Danish shore
  11. 23. What protects Beowulf from Grendel’s mother? (2 words, no spaces)
  12. 24. Trophy from battle with Grendel’s mother
  13. 25. Setting of Beowulf
  14. 27. Who forged the sword that kills Grendel’s mother
  15. 29. What the Geats are told to leave on the boat
  16. 30. What the Anglo Saxons drank
Down
  1. 2. What religion influenced the story of Beowulf when it was 1st written down?
  2. 3. Viking Heaven
  3. 4. Language Beowulf was written in (2 words, no spaces)
  4. 5. Who grieves the most for the man whom Grendel’s mother kills
  5. 7. The only thing Grendel can’t touch
  6. 9. Who first wrote down the story of Beowulf?
  7. 10. Why the weapons don’t hurt Grendel
  8. 13. A break in the middle of the lines of Beowulf
  9. 15. What hangs from the rafters of Herot?
  10. 16. Number of Geats Beowulf brings
  11. 20. King of the Geats
  12. 22. The meadhall in Beowulf.
  13. 26. Who leaves the lake?
  14. 28. Beowulf fights Grendel’s mother in the ___.
  15. 29. Old English word for fate