Hey everybody! Guess what. I'm heading 'cross the big pond! That's right, ladies and gents, I'm headed to King Hrothgar's kingdom! I've heard he's got an AWESOME mead hall called Herot. Sweet!
But the mead's not the only reason I'm heading on an adventure...I've heard tell of a demon-monster called Grendel that's been terrorizing Herot for the past 12 years! I don't know how they've kept it quiet this long, but I've decided that I'm going to go and take care of this business.
Beowulf out!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Friday, October 23, 2009
Here @ Hrothgar's!
Hey guys! We're here at Heorot, with Hrothgar and his buddies.
So, they've been having a little issue at home, right? This crazy monster-bloke, Grendel, has been getting in their hair for forever. Okay, maybe not that long, but that guy's been slaying their friends and families left and right, so they did the righteous thing and totally called me. Heh, yeah; I'm pretty awesome in that reguard.
Anyway, this Grendel guy is supposed to be a descendant of Cain and all that. But you know what? That's no big deal, it's not like he's gonna get in here and bother *us* or anything. I mean, hello- I'm BEOWULF. I can handle a little demon slaying, even if that guy's been around a while. Sure, he took out like, 30 men, but that's something he'll have to pay for later.
Anyway, fellows, Hrothgar and his lady are offering me some drinks, so I'm gonna settle down with them till nightfall. Get ready for some fun times!
HROTHGAR IS AWESOME!!!
(Okay, seriously Hrothgar? Not cool scribbling on my journal.)
There is so much mead here, guys. It is *awesome*. Even with that jerk, Unferth being all OH BEOWULF I AM SO MUCH COOLER THAN YOU~
But, seriously?
That guy. Man, he's just jealous. He can't even swim well, which is really funny. When I went to take on Breca, coz we were best buds, I got attacked BY AN OCEAN MONSTER! Which is why I didn't do as well as Breca. I had to slay nine- Yeah, not eight, not three, not seven, but nine sea monsters while I was down there.
How many has Unferth slain? I'll tell you: It starts with 'z' and ends with 'ero-Unferth-is-such-a-loser', that's how many.
Maybe if Unferth weren't such a git, Grendel wouldn't have SLAIN EVERYONE!
Heh, yeah. We all drank to that. Even Hrothgar's babe, Wealtheow was in on it. She thinks I'm totally funny, and brave and strong and stuff. Totally promised her I'd get Grendel for her or die trying, so, you know. I'm still pretty awesome.
Anyway, I think Grendel's got a plot tonight. I can feel it. Hrothgar's trusting me to watch the hall while everyone else sleeps off the drink, but it was a pretty great party.
I hope we can do this again. Anyway, I've gotta go. I've got Grendel-Watchin' to do.
So, they've been having a little issue at home, right? This crazy monster-bloke, Grendel, has been getting in their hair for forever. Okay, maybe not that long, but that guy's been slaying their friends and families left and right, so they did the righteous thing and totally called me. Heh, yeah; I'm pretty awesome in that reguard.
Anyway, this Grendel guy is supposed to be a descendant of Cain and all that. But you know what? That's no big deal, it's not like he's gonna get in here and bother *us* or anything. I mean, hello- I'm BEOWULF. I can handle a little demon slaying, even if that guy's been around a while. Sure, he took out like, 30 men, but that's something he'll have to pay for later.
Anyway, fellows, Hrothgar and his lady are offering me some drinks, so I'm gonna settle down with them till nightfall. Get ready for some fun times!
HROTHGAR IS AWESOME!!!
(Okay, seriously Hrothgar? Not cool scribbling on my journal.)
There is so much mead here, guys. It is *awesome*. Even with that jerk, Unferth being all OH BEOWULF I AM SO MUCH COOLER THAN YOU~
But, seriously?
That guy. Man, he's just jealous. He can't even swim well, which is really funny. When I went to take on Breca, coz we were best buds, I got attacked BY AN OCEAN MONSTER! Which is why I didn't do as well as Breca. I had to slay nine- Yeah, not eight, not three, not seven, but nine sea monsters while I was down there.
How many has Unferth slain? I'll tell you: It starts with 'z' and ends with 'ero-Unferth-is-such-a-loser', that's how many.
Maybe if Unferth weren't such a git, Grendel wouldn't have SLAIN EVERYONE!
Heh, yeah. We all drank to that. Even Hrothgar's babe, Wealtheow was in on it. She thinks I'm totally funny, and brave and strong and stuff. Totally promised her I'd get Grendel for her or die trying, so, you know. I'm still pretty awesome.
Anyway, I think Grendel's got a plot tonight. I can feel it. Hrothgar's trusting me to watch the hall while everyone else sleeps off the drink, but it was a pretty great party.
I hope we can do this again. Anyway, I've gotta go. I've got Grendel-Watchin' to do.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Okay, so that went...Okay.
So I decided to face Grendel unarmed.
Maayybbe it was the mead, but I kinda figured that since he was a monster and probably doesn't know anything about sword play or you know, common civil decency, it'd be unfair of me to challenge him with swords and shields. Also, I'm pretty sure that didn't work out too well for the other guys.
So with God's grace and my men beside me, even if they were totally asleep (I don't blame them, that Wealhtheow dishes out like, tons of mead), I sat up to wait for Grendel.
Oh, did he run in. He's so eerie and..Shudder. Look, let me let the text speak for itself;
I guess no one had really tried to fight him off as I had before. I saw his hideous, terrible joy in his dull, demonic eyes as he eyed the sleeping men, but you all know I'd never let him near them.
He did get a few men, I'm afraid, as I was pretending to sleep to catch him off guard, but when I got him, oh, you'd better believe I had him.
After a lot of struggle, you know what we realized? He was spelled against iron! No sword no shield could cut him--
But I could get him with my bare fists.
So, I did, and I ripped off his arm.
I held it up in glory, and was victorious!
Yeah, Grendel won't be coming back here ever again.
Maayybbe it was the mead, but I kinda figured that since he was a monster and probably doesn't know anything about sword play or you know, common civil decency, it'd be unfair of me to challenge him with swords and shields. Also, I'm pretty sure that didn't work out too well for the other guys.
So with God's grace and my men beside me, even if they were totally asleep (I don't blame them, that Wealhtheow dishes out like, tons of mead), I sat up to wait for Grendel.
Oh, did he run in. He's so eerie and..Shudder. Look, let me let the text speak for itself;
In off the moors, down through the mist-bandsSee, he's totally creepy. But, he didn't expect me to be standing there when the door opened.
God-cursed Grendel came greedily loping,
The bane of the race of men roamed forth...
I guess no one had really tried to fight him off as I had before. I saw his hideous, terrible joy in his dull, demonic eyes as he eyed the sleeping men, but you all know I'd never let him near them.
He did get a few men, I'm afraid, as I was pretending to sleep to catch him off guard, but when I got him, oh, you'd better believe I had him.
After a lot of struggle, you know what we realized? He was spelled against iron! No sword no shield could cut him--
But I could get him with my bare fists.
So, I did, and I ripped off his arm.
I held it up in glory, and was victorious!
Yeah, Grendel won't be coming back here ever again.
Monday, October 29, 2007
IT's PARTY TIME!!
HEY ALL!
So I beat that hideous thing called Grendel! I even got his arm! Heck yes!! We've partied with that thing all night long!
King Hrothgar is an awesome dude! He paid us with a ton of weapons, armor, treasure, and even horses! EIGHT of them! They're pretty LEGIT! He also gave us some gold for our fallen warrior brother, not really the same but still a nice gesture! I know my uncle King Hygelac will love all of this, he'll be soo proud!
Anyways we had an AWESOME party! There was lots of drinking and eating. Plus the scop told a pretty sweet story! Then that major hottie Queen Wealhtheow came in looking fine in her gold crown. She was trying to get me to promise to protect and be friends with those two kind of wimpy guys she calls her sons. Hrethric and Hrothmund, or something like that? I was way too busy checking out this shinny gold necklace torque thingy she gave me! I hope uncle King Hygelac lets me keep it!
So the party was starting to die down a bit and I decided to go off to bed and write this to keep you guys up to date. My men are camped out in Heorot and are trying to sleep off some major hangovers! Tomorrow should be interesting...
Until later,
Beowulf out!
So I beat that hideous thing called Grendel! I even got his arm! Heck yes!! We've partied with that thing all night long!
King Hrothgar is an awesome dude! He paid us with a ton of weapons, armor, treasure, and even horses! EIGHT of them! They're pretty LEGIT! He also gave us some gold for our fallen warrior brother, not really the same but still a nice gesture! I know my uncle King Hygelac will love all of this, he'll be soo proud!
Anyways we had an AWESOME party! There was lots of drinking and eating. Plus the scop told a pretty sweet story! Then that major hottie Queen Wealhtheow came in looking fine in her gold crown. She was trying to get me to promise to protect and be friends with those two kind of wimpy guys she calls her sons. Hrethric and Hrothmund, or something like that? I was way too busy checking out this shinny gold necklace torque thingy she gave me! I hope uncle King Hygelac lets me keep it!
So the party was starting to die down a bit and I decided to go off to bed and write this to keep you guys up to date. My men are camped out in Heorot and are trying to sleep off some major hangovers! Tomorrow should be interesting...
Until later,
Beowulf out!
Monday, October 30, 2006
O NO SHE DIDN'T!
You will not believe what happened last night!!
All my men were chilling in Heorot, minding their own business, trying to catch some zzz's! Then who shows up? That's right, none other than that creepy beastly mother of a monster! She came to attack us in revenge for her son Grendel! OOOPS! How was I supposed to know that monster had a mother?
But really did she need to come in swinging and a slaughtering people? I mean if I had been over there I could have stopped her in a heart beat. Unfortunately I wasn't and a guy got taken hostage! He was a good friend of the King's. You don't mess with the King's bromance yo! That's a no go! So now this thing has to pay!
Worst thing of all, SHE STOLE THE ARM!!! What a jerk, right? Does she know what I went through to get that! So what if it had belonged to her son, finders keepers losers weepers!
So anyways I just finished making a sweet deal with Hrothgar to get some gold from killing this thing! Now it's time to round up the boys and go a hunting!
Back in a flash!
Beowulf on the loose!
All my men were chilling in Heorot, minding their own business, trying to catch some zzz's! Then who shows up? That's right, none other than that creepy beastly mother of a monster! She came to attack us in revenge for her son Grendel! OOOPS! How was I supposed to know that monster had a mother?
But really did she need to come in swinging and a slaughtering people? I mean if I had been over there I could have stopped her in a heart beat. Unfortunately I wasn't and a guy got taken hostage! He was a good friend of the King's. You don't mess with the King's bromance yo! That's a no go! So now this thing has to pay!
Worst thing of all, SHE STOLE THE ARM!!! What a jerk, right? Does she know what I went through to get that! So what if it had belonged to her son, finders keepers losers weepers!
So anyways I just finished making a sweet deal with Hrothgar to get some gold from killing this thing! Now it's time to round up the boys and go a hunting!
Back in a flash!
Beowulf on the loose!
Monday, October 31, 2005
Me- 2, Grendel family- ZERO
Wow, that was intense! I just got back to dry land, fighting that beast of Grendel's mom was tough! I totally beat her though, it was a pretty rad fight.
My men and I took off right after my last post, and followed that ugly beast's tracks. When we reached the edge of the lake where she resided though, we found a not so great surprise. Aeschere’s head was lying on the ground next to the entrance and there were tons of sea monsters swimming all around in the water, yikes! That wasn't enough to scare me off though, I'm too tough and loyal to turn back at the sight of danger. I was pretty nervous though, not too sure if I would come back up alive or not, even in all my awesome armor. So I asked a few of the guys to take care of my men if I didn't come back, and divided some of my things between them. Unferth loaned me this sword, called Hrunting, which apparently had never failed in battle before (I guess the guy isn't a COMPLETE loser...) and off I went, diving into that scary lake.
It felt like FOREVER before I saw the bottom of the lake, at least half the day, and as soon as I got close that dumb monster mum grabbed me and drug me down! Luckily I had my awesome armor on though, otherwise she totally would have squashed me. On the way down though all those scary sea monsters tried to attack me too, making it totally difficult for me to attack Monster Mum! Oh, and remember that 'un-fail-able sword' Unferth gave me? It definitely did not work, that monster had some TOUGH skin! She was strong too, almost as strong as me. Out of the corner of my eye though I saw this HUGE sword hanging on her wall, like huge as in made for giants huge. Because I'm so clever and quick, I ran over, grabbed the huge sword and BAM! Only took one blow to take that lady down with it. That got me pretty stoked! The giant sword even began melting from the monster blood, it was nuts! Triumphant, as usual, I got ready to leave but then I saw Grendel's corpse laying on the ground, and knew I had to take the head back up with me as a trophy, especially since his dumb mum stole his arm from us.
Monster head and sword in hand, I swam back to the surface of the lake. It was much easier going up, because all of the sea monsters had left when I defeated Gendel's mum. When I got to the top, only my men were left, all those lame Danes went back to Heorot thinking that it was ME who died when all the blood from the monster came to the surface. Silly men, they should have had more faith in me, I'm BEOWULF! They'll be surprised to see me come back!
That's where we're headed now, just wanted to keep everyone posted first! I'm ready to go home too, hopefully with this defeat under my belt King Hrothgar will be okay with us leaving, we DID take care of all his problems.
I'll keep you posted! Beowulf out!
My men and I took off right after my last post, and followed that ugly beast's tracks. When we reached the edge of the lake where she resided though, we found a not so great surprise. Aeschere’s head was lying on the ground next to the entrance and there were tons of sea monsters swimming all around in the water, yikes! That wasn't enough to scare me off though, I'm too tough and loyal to turn back at the sight of danger. I was pretty nervous though, not too sure if I would come back up alive or not, even in all my awesome armor. So I asked a few of the guys to take care of my men if I didn't come back, and divided some of my things between them. Unferth loaned me this sword, called Hrunting, which apparently had never failed in battle before (I guess the guy isn't a COMPLETE loser...) and off I went, diving into that scary lake.
It felt like FOREVER before I saw the bottom of the lake, at least half the day, and as soon as I got close that dumb monster mum grabbed me and drug me down! Luckily I had my awesome armor on though, otherwise she totally would have squashed me. On the way down though all those scary sea monsters tried to attack me too, making it totally difficult for me to attack Monster Mum! Oh, and remember that 'un-fail-able sword' Unferth gave me? It definitely did not work, that monster had some TOUGH skin! She was strong too, almost as strong as me. Out of the corner of my eye though I saw this HUGE sword hanging on her wall, like huge as in made for giants huge. Because I'm so clever and quick, I ran over, grabbed the huge sword and BAM! Only took one blow to take that lady down with it. That got me pretty stoked! The giant sword even began melting from the monster blood, it was nuts! Triumphant, as usual, I got ready to leave but then I saw Grendel's corpse laying on the ground, and knew I had to take the head back up with me as a trophy, especially since his dumb mum stole his arm from us.
Monster head and sword in hand, I swam back to the surface of the lake. It was much easier going up, because all of the sea monsters had left when I defeated Gendel's mum. When I got to the top, only my men were left, all those lame Danes went back to Heorot thinking that it was ME who died when all the blood from the monster came to the surface. Silly men, they should have had more faith in me, I'm BEOWULF! They'll be surprised to see me come back!
That's where we're headed now, just wanted to keep everyone posted first! I'm ready to go home too, hopefully with this defeat under my belt King Hrothgar will be okay with us leaving, we DID take care of all his problems.
I'll keep you posted! Beowulf out!
Monday, November 1, 2004
Heading back home!
Man, me and my men are pretty epic. When we came back to Heorot, it took four men to carry Grendel's head, and the look on those Dane's faces was priceless! They were so shocked! It was pretty awesome. I gave the head and the melted giant sword to King Hrothgar, he was pretty pleased by that, and made a big speech praising me and talking about some other stuff, something about being good and wise...I kind of tuned out when he stopped talking about me. He promised me tons of rewards too, which is super awesomeee! My king is going to be SO glad he has me to do all this great stuff.
We had another awesome banquet with lots of good food and festivities that night. I went to bed pretty early though, it had been a long day! When I woke up this morning, I went and gave Unferth his useless sword back, although I guess it was a nice gesture. Then I went and talked to Hrothgar, letting him know that my men and I were ready to go home. He totally understood, and gave me TWELVE treasures! It was so cool. He talked a lot about me coming back to visit, but that's not going to happen. I've been here long enough. So off we went, with all our awesome treasures, back to Geatland to the hall of great King Hygelac.
He asked me all about my trip, I told him all about how awesome I was and gave him all the treasures we received. He thought I was a pretty remarkable guy. So much that he even gave me a bunch of treasure for myself and even my own land to rule over! SWEET! Well I'm going to go rule my land now, and I'll be pretty busy so I don't know when I'll update you all again. So peace be with you!
Beowulf out!
We had another awesome banquet with lots of good food and festivities that night. I went to bed pretty early though, it had been a long day! When I woke up this morning, I went and gave Unferth his useless sword back, although I guess it was a nice gesture. Then I went and talked to Hrothgar, letting him know that my men and I were ready to go home. He totally understood, and gave me TWELVE treasures! It was so cool. He talked a lot about me coming back to visit, but that's not going to happen. I've been here long enough. So off we went, with all our awesome treasures, back to Geatland to the hall of great King Hygelac.
He asked me all about my trip, I told him all about how awesome I was and gave him all the treasures we received. He thought I was a pretty remarkable guy. So much that he even gave me a bunch of treasure for myself and even my own land to rule over! SWEET! Well I'm going to go rule my land now, and I'll be pretty busy so I don't know when I'll update you all again. So peace be with you!
Beowulf out!
Friday, November 21, 2003
It's been a while since my last post...heh
So. Long story short, it's been a looooong while since I last posted.
As I mentioned in my last post, I came back home, and King Hygelac in Geatland, and he thought I was awesome and gave me some land and stuff.
Well, Geatland ended up getting in this huge battle with Friesland, and the late, great King Hygelac fell. It was awful. I, of course, was fine, though, because I'm epically awesome.
Since King Hygelac died, the kingdom was left without a successor, so Queen Hygd offered me the throne, but I decided to just hold the spot for Hygelac and Hygd's son until he got older. Wouldn't you know it! The kid up and died on me in battle! So I stepped in, and took over. This gig's been pretty good to me, and I've had a relatively peaceful rule (after I, of course, killed Hygelac's murderer).
Until now.
Some idiot snuck into a cave and stole a goblet from a dragon, and now the dragon's terrorizing the countryside. I've been asking God "why me?" but haven't gotten an answer...so it's up to me to save the kingdom. I found the idiot, and gathered some men, and we're going to head out to the cave to vanquish the enemy.
I have a bad feeling about this.
As I mentioned in my last post, I came back home, and King Hygelac in Geatland, and he thought I was awesome and gave me some land and stuff.
Well, Geatland ended up getting in this huge battle with Friesland, and the late, great King Hygelac fell. It was awful. I, of course, was fine, though, because I'm epically awesome.
Since King Hygelac died, the kingdom was left without a successor, so Queen Hygd offered me the throne, but I decided to just hold the spot for Hygelac and Hygd's son until he got older. Wouldn't you know it! The kid up and died on me in battle! So I stepped in, and took over. This gig's been pretty good to me, and I've had a relatively peaceful rule (after I, of course, killed Hygelac's murderer).
Until now.
Some idiot snuck into a cave and stole a goblet from a dragon, and now the dragon's terrorizing the countryside. I've been asking God "why me?" but haven't gotten an answer...so it's up to me to save the kingdom. I found the idiot, and gathered some men, and we're going to head out to the cave to vanquish the enemy.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Thursday, November 21, 2002
Long Live the King.
It is my unfortunate duty to inform all who read this that the Great King Beowulf is dead.
My name is Wiglaf, and I journeyed with King Beowulf and his men to the cave of the dragon and watched Beowulf in his glorious fight against it. The other men, in fear, fled the cave and the fearsome dragon once they saw the fire that spewed forth from it's toothsome mouth.
I returned to the depths of the cave, and witnessed the mighty battle.
The Great King struck the dragon with his mighty sword and, in turn, the dragon bit the magnificent Beowulf. The blood spread quickly. I tried to get to my powerful King's side, but the dragon burned me with it's flames. In his last warrior act, the Great King plunged a dagger into the loathsome dragon's flank, killing it.
King Beowulf soon realized that the dragon bite's poison was spreading quickly, and requested of me to bring him some treasure so he could view what he died for. He praised God for the beautiful treasure and the glory it would bring the Geats and, giving me the royal collar from his own neck, the once great King died in my arms.
My name is Wiglaf, and I journeyed with King Beowulf and his men to the cave of the dragon and watched Beowulf in his glorious fight against it. The other men, in fear, fled the cave and the fearsome dragon once they saw the fire that spewed forth from it's toothsome mouth.
I returned to the depths of the cave, and witnessed the mighty battle.
The Great King struck the dragon with his mighty sword and, in turn, the dragon bit the magnificent Beowulf. The blood spread quickly. I tried to get to my powerful King's side, but the dragon burned me with it's flames. In his last warrior act, the Great King plunged a dagger into the loathsome dragon's flank, killing it.
King Beowulf soon realized that the dragon bite's poison was spreading quickly, and requested of me to bring him some treasure so he could view what he died for. He praised God for the beautiful treasure and the glory it would bring the Geats and, giving me the royal collar from his own neck, the once great King died in my arms.
Thursday, December 6, 2001
Resources
Want to learn more about Beowulf? Take a look at some of the links below!
Click here to look at the original text of the Beowulf manuscript.
Click here to look at a side by side translation of Beowulf
Click here to view a modern translation of Beowulf
Click here and here to test your knowledge of and review Beowulf
Click here to learn about the history of Beowulf and some important key terms
Click the links below to check out some awesome artwork by Michelle Barbieri!
Hrothgar
Hrothgar's Wife, Wealhtheow
Beowulf
Grendel
Grendel's Mom
Unferth
Still want to know more about Beowulf? Check out the books below!
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
Beowulf by Jacqueline Morley
Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by Anonymous (this is a FREE Kindle ebook)
Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition by Seamus Heaney
Beowulf by Stanley P. Baldwin
Beowulf: Monster Slayer by Paul D. Storrie
This website was created and maintained by Kaitlin Hartman, Ieishia Muncy, Patty Barnes, and Michelle Barbieri. We hope you enjoyed it!
Click here to look at the original text of the Beowulf manuscript.
Click here to look at a side by side translation of Beowulf
Click here to view a modern translation of Beowulf
Click here and here to test your knowledge of and review Beowulf
Click here to learn about the history of Beowulf and some important key terms
Click the links below to check out some awesome artwork by Michelle Barbieri!
Hrothgar
Hrothgar's Wife, Wealhtheow
Beowulf
Grendel
Grendel's Mom
Unferth
Still want to know more about Beowulf? Check out the books below!
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
Beowulf by Jacqueline Morley
Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by Anonymous (this is a FREE Kindle ebook)
Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition by Seamus Heaney
Beowulf by Stanley P. Baldwin
Beowulf: Monster Slayer by Paul D. Storrie
This website was created and maintained by Kaitlin Hartman, Ieishia Muncy, Patty Barnes, and Michelle Barbieri. We hope you enjoyed it!
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