Beowulf

Norse Paganism deity

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While Beowulf was not a formal deity in the Norse pantheon, he was a mythical hero who had unusual skills and abilities.

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Sourcegamebooknews.comRetrieval date07/01/2020
Sourcearchive.orgRetrieval date07/01/2020
MediumPrint sketchOrientationFull frontalImage date2018 [?]Source notesUnknown author.
Source record No.p. 26MediumPrint sketchOrientationFull sideImage date1910CreatorJohn Henry Frederick BaconSource notesJohn Henry Frederick Bacon. "Beowulf Shears Off the Head of Grendel." In Hero-myths & Legends of the British Race, by Maud Isabel Ebbutt, 26. New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1910. https://archive.org/details/heromythslegends00ebbu/page/26/mode/2up. Accessed July 1, 2020.

Also known as

Beowulf (normalized)Bēowulf (Old English)

Parent belief system

  • Norse Paganism Religion · Polytheistic · 3 myths
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    Norse Paganism refers to the beliefs and traditions of people from Scandinavia: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
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Beowulf Epic
Prestige, Hero myth
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Mythological stories including Beowulf

  • Beowulf Epic Prestige, Hero myth

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    Beowulf, the hero, helps the Danes by killing the man-eating monster named Grendel, and his mother. Afterwards, Beowulf returns home and becomes the king of the Geats, ruling until his heroic death over fifty years later. In his final battle, he slays a dragon. The poem ends by honoring the greatness of Beowulf.

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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Beowulf." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 02 Sep. 2019, omnika.org/stable/301. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.

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APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

OMNIKA (2019, September 02). Beowulf. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/301

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CMS Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Beowulf." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 02, 2019. Accessed January 6, 2026. https://omnika.org/stable/301.

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Bibliography

British Library. Nowell Codex / Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV: Digital Facsimile. Accessed September 1, 2019. http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv.
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British Library. Nowell Codex, ca. 975-1015 CE. Manuscript. Manuscript collections, Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV, British Library, London, United Kingdom.
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Hall, John L. Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem, Translated From the Heyne-Socin Text by J.L. Hall. Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co, 1892.
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Heaney, Seamus J. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001.
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Kemble, John M. A Translation of the Anglo-Saxon Poem of Beowulf: With a Copious Glossary, Preface and Philological Notes. London, England: William Pickering, 1837.
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