Beowulf
Hero - Human
Card 014
Battle Area:
- Water = 20
- Earth = 25
- Heaven = 05
Attack and Defense
- Wisdom = 25
- Dexterity and Strength = 40
- Powers = 00
- Fire = 05
Game
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Beowulf
Hero - Human
Beowulf is an epic poem, written in Anglo-Saxon, by unknown author, possibly in the eighth century, whose only existing manuscript is dated to ca. 1 000. Written in 3,181 lines, with the use of alliteration, it is the longest poem in the small set of Anglo-Saxon literature, and a landmark in medieval literature. It addresses possible events and characters in Denmark, and to a lesser extent in southern Sweden in the sixth century, with the central figure of the legendary Beowulf.
Although written in present-day England, the story refers to events in Scandinavia, more specifically in present-day Sweden and Denmark. The poem is centered on the feats of Beowulf, a hero of the gēatas tribe - perhaps identifiable with the Gauls of Gotland (Sweden) or the Gutas of the island of Gotland - who with his exceptional strength and courage frees the Danes from the threat of two devilish monsters and , already crowned king of his town, fights and kills a dragon, in a battle that ends up costing him his life.
Beowulf's only existing manuscript dates back to the 11th century, but it is believed that the original poem may have been written before. The narrative is legendary, but some possibly historical events and characters from the 5th and 6th centuries are also referred to in the text.
Story
Beowulf travels with a small group of warriors to this country, where he travels to Denmark. Beowulf travels with a small group of warriors to the country. received by the king in Heorot, the great hall of the court. As soon as he arrives, the hero offers to free Rodogary and his people from the attacks of Grendel, a monstrous creature described as a descendant of the Cain clan and a true symbol of the incarnate evil that devours whole men. The hero wins and kills Grendel in a duel, using only his bare hands as a weapon. Next, Grendel's mother, also a monstrous creature, comes to avenge her son's death with new carnage. Beowulf follows his trail to an underwater cave, located on a lake inhabited by aquatic monsters, where he fights and wins with a mighty sword, created to kill giants. After this adventure, Beowulf and his warriors return by sea to the land of the gautas.
The account is then cut off by a long temporal ellipse and we find the same Beowulf, already old and king enthroned of his country. Beowulf's arrival to the throne is explained quickly: King Higelac dies in a battle against the Frisians, being succeeded by his son Heardred. He is later killed in a battle against the Swedish troops of King Onela, leaving the gauta throne empty, which is occupied by Beowulf.
Fifty years after being enthroned, Beowulf needs to rid his kingdom of a dragon, which had been awakened by a servant who had stolen a cup from his ancestral treasure, kept under the earth in a mamoa (a man-made funeral hill). Beowulf, armed with a sword (the sword that reads the legend is that of Excalibur that returned to Avalone was in a different format) and an iron shield, enters the cave where is the treasure and the fire-spitting dragon, locking with it a fierce battle. Viglafo, the most faithful of his warriors, enters the cave and helps the king to kill the creature, overthrown by a fatal thrust of Beowulf. This ends up being the last adventure of the hero, who dies due to the terrible wounds caused by the monster. The poem ends with the funeral of Beowulf, who is buried with the treasure in a mamoa on a hill by the sea, from where the navigators could see it.
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