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Beowulf
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| Epic poetry | a long narrative written in an elevated style centered around a hero or god-like person |
| Epic hero | god-like person whom the epic is focused |
| Alliteration | repetition on consonants |
| Kennings | metaphorical renaming |
| Scop | someone who stands before a group to orally tell a story |
| Comitatus | ancient Germanic code of loyalty |
| Wergild | "man payment" |
| Hrothgar | king of the Danes |
| Herot | mead-hall-very large "tavern" for the king's men |
| Grendal | monster (granehild of Cane) |
| First act of terror | 30 men (kills at once) |
| Grendal has been attacking them for | 12 years |
| Allusion | creation.. Cane/Abel |
| Reactions to Grendal: Danes.. | fled.. prayed to the Devil.. sacrificed to stone gods.. desperation |
| Beowulf | geat (Sweden) epic hero.. strongest of the geats.. strongest in the world.. 14 men--> hrothgar |