| 5th | Beowulf is the work of the Anglo-Saxons, who came to England in the _______ century. |
| southeast coast | In England, where did the Anglo-Saxons settle? |
| language | Anglo-Saxons had a profound impact on this part of culture |
| Denmark and Scandinavia | Setting of Beowulf |
| quest | Beowulf is the perennial story of a _______ of a leader who battles monsters to save his people from Evil. |
| oral tradition | How did Beowulf spread? |
| scop | Who delivered the tales? |
| bard | other word for scop |
| recounting of Shield Sheafson | How does Beowulf begin? |
| 6th | What century did the story originate? |
| 1939 | What year did historians find a clue to the origins of Beowulf? |
| Sutton Hoo | Where did historians find a clue to the origins of Beowulf? |
| burial chamber | What did the greatest excavation in England’s history discover? |
| King Redwald | Who did the helmet from the excavation belong to? |
| names | How did scholars trace the story of Beowulf to a certain an area in England? |
| “spiritual warfare” of priests | What did the actual warfare of Beowulf reflect in Christianity? |
| Cain | Who is Grendel a descendant of? |
| Adam and Eve | Who is Cain the son of? |
| Abel | Who is Cain’s brother? |
| first murder | What did Cain do? |
| “the old enemy” and “the fiend of mankind” | What are the biblicized names of Grendel? |
| grindel | What is another word for a marsh? |
| Black Shuck | What is another name for the Devil Dog/Hellhound? |
| gift from the gods | What is iron to the Anglo-Saxons? |
| earth, fire, air, and water | What were the four elements a smith had to use? |
| Bede | Who wrote “The Ecclesiastical History of the English Church?” |
| pagan poems | What competed with Christian poems contrary to what Bede says? |
| both | “The heart of God is narrow and cannot include….” |
| The Dream of the Rood | Story that talks about the crucifixion of Jesus from the point of view of the tree |
| Germanic hero | What does “The Dream of the Rood” portray Jesus as? |
| tree of life | What was a major Pagan figure in “The Dream of the Rood”? |
| Seamus Heaney | Who published a best-selling translation of Beowulf? |
| 1999 | When was a best-selling translation of Beowulf published? |
| malignant | What is the fire dragon not? |
| web | What are Beowulf and the dragon caught in? |
| physical | What kind of test are the first two battles? |
| spiritual | What kind of test is the third battle? |
| Malmesbury in Wilshire | Where was Beowulf likely written? |
| “to live up to your own best possibilities”; | Why does Beowulf fight the last battle? |
| cowboy | What is young Beowulf? |
| soul | What has older Beowulf become? |
In Search of Beowulf
February 24, 2020