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Beowulf
Beowulf
legendary Geatish hero
Benty Grange helmet
7th-century boar-crested Anglo-Saxon helmet
Sutton Hoo helmet
decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet
Finnesburg Fragment
portion of an Old English heroic poem, transcribed by George Hickes from a now lost medieval manuscript.

Heorot
thumb|right|The first page of the Beowulf manuscript
Heorot (Old English 'hart, stag') is a mead-hall and major point of focus in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. The hall serves as a seat of rule for King Hrothgar, a legendary Danish king. After the monster Grendel slaughters the inhabitants of the hall, the Geatish hero Beowulf defends the royal hall before subsequently defeating him. Later Grendel's mother attacks the inhabitants of the hall, and she too is subsequently defeated by Beowulf.
Nowell Codex
sole surviving manuscript of Beowulf
Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
1936 lecture by J. R. R. Tolkien
Grendel's mother
mother of the monster Grendel in the epic poem Beowulf
Hrunting
Hrunting was a sword given to Beowulf by Unferth in the ancient Old English epic poem Beowulf. Beowulf used it in battle against Grendel's mother.
Pioneer Helmet
7th-century Anglo-Saxon helmet
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary
modern English translation by J. R. R. Tolkien
Battle of Finnsburg
450 legendary battle
J. R. R. Tolkien's influences
sources of Tolkien's fiction
Nægling
right|thumb|Beowulf fights the dragon, wielding Nægling.