Beowulf

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Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that recounts the heroic deeds of its eponymous warrior as he battles monsters and a dragon, and is considered one of the most important works of early English literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English epic poem ⓘ
heroic poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
adaptedAs films ⓘ
graphic novels ⓘ
novels ⓘ
operas ⓘ
approximateCompositionCentury 10th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
early 11th century ⓘ
approximateLineCount 3182 lines ⓘ
associatedTribe Scandinavians ⓘ
surface form: Danes

Geats ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
author unknown ⓘ
authorship anonymous ⓘ
centralConflict Beowulf vs Grendel ⓘ
Beowulf vs Grendel's mother ⓘ
Beowulf vs the dragon ⓘ
compositionDate between 8th and early 11th century ⓘ
containsEpisode battle with Grendel in Heorot ⓘ
battle with Grendel's mother in her mere ⓘ
final battle with the dragon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
culturalSignificance earliest surviving epic poem in English ⓘ
one of the most important works of early English literature ⓘ
featuresCharacter Grendel ⓘ
Grendel's mother ⓘ
Hrothgar ⓘ
the dragon ⓘ
featuresGroup Scandinavians ⓘ
surface form: the Danes

the Geats ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
heroic epic ⓘ
historicalElements references to Scandinavian kings and tribes ⓘ
influenced J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
modern fantasy literature ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
length over 3000 lines ⓘ
literaryPeriod Old English literature ⓘ
literaryTradition Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Beowulf self-link ⓘ
manuscript Nowell Codex ⓘ
manuscriptLocation British Library ⓘ
manuscriptShelfmark Cotton Vitellius A XV ⓘ
meter Old English alliterative meter ⓘ
narrativeStructure three main battles ⓘ
primaryLocation Denmark ⓘ
Geatland ⓘ
protagonist Beowulf self-link ⓘ
religiousContext Christian narrator with pagan setting ⓘ
setting Scandinavia ⓘ
theme fate ⓘ
generosity and gift-giving ⓘ
good vs evil ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
kinship ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
reputation ⓘ
the heroic code ⓘ
verseForm alliterative verse ⓘ

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Old English → hasLiteraryWork → Beowulf ⓘ
Robert Zemeckis → notableWork → Beowulf ⓘ
Robert Zemeckis → directed → Beowulf ⓘ
British Library → hasCollection → Beowulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf manuscript
Beowulf → mainCharacter → Beowulf self-link ⓘ
Beowulf → protagonist → Beowulf self-link ⓘ
Seamus Heaney → notableWork → Beowulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf: A New Translation
Beowulf (2007 film score) → basedOn → Beowulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old English epic poem "Beowulf"
Hrothgar → appearsIn → Beowulf ⓘ
Hrothgar → seeksHelpFrom → Beowulf ⓘ
Hrothgar → alliedWith → Beowulf ⓘ
Hrothgar → praises → Beowulf ⓘ
Hrothgar → rewards → Beowulf ⓘ
Hrothgar → firstAppearance → Beowulf ⓘ
Grendel → appearsIn → Beowulf ⓘ
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subject surface form: Geats
Nowell Codex → alsoKnownAs → Beowulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf Manuscript
Nowell Codex → containsWork → Beowulf ⓘ
Cotton Vitellius A XV → alsoKnownAs → Beowulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf manuscript
Cotton Vitellius A XV → holds → Beowulf ⓘ
Cotton Vitellius A XV → hasPart → Beowulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf section
Grendel's mother → appearsIn → Beowulf ⓘ
Grendel's mother → enemy → Beowulf ⓘ
Grendel's mother → killedBy → Beowulf ⓘ
Grendel's mother → workTitleInOldEnglish → Beowulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bēowulf
Geats → mentionedIn → Beowulf ⓘ
Geats → associatedWithRuler → Beowulf ⓘ
Geatland → describedIn → Beowulf ⓘ
Geatland → nativeHero → Beowulf ⓘ
Geatland → governedByInBeowulf → Beowulf ⓘ
Geatland → primarySourceTitle → Beowulf ⓘ
Ray Winstone → notableWork → Beowulf ⓘ
ImageMovers → produced → Beowulf ⓘ
Steve Starkey → notableWork → Beowulf ⓘ
John Gardner → basedOn → Beowulf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beowulf (for the novel "Grendel")
Jack Rapke → notableWork → Beowulf ⓘ
Alison Lohman → notableWork → Beowulf ⓘ
Roger Avary → notableWork → Beowulf ⓘ
The 13th Warrior → inspiredBy → Beowulf ⓘ