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Scenes from ‘Beowulf’

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Some posts on Clay Lane are grouped into Series, because the posts are best read in a specific order. The three posts below belong to a series entitled Scenes from ‘Beowulf’.

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1

The Last Voyage of Scyld of the Sheaf

From Beowulf

The Old English epic ‘Beowulf’ tells how Scyld, beloved King of the Danes, was committed to the ocean at his death — just as he had been at his birth.

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Picture: By Laurits Andersen Ring (1854–1933), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted December 6 2021

2

Death Grip

By Zenaide Alexeievna Ragozin

The terrible monster Grendel, secure in the knowledge that no blade can bite him, bursts into Hrothgar’s hall expecting another meal of man-flesh.

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Picture: By a follower of Francisco Goya, via the Museo del Prado and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted January 23 2021

3

Grendel’s Mother

By Zenaide Alexeievna Ragozin

After driving the man-eating ogre Grendel from Hrothgar’s hall, Beowulf must now deal with Grendel’s anguished and vengeful mother.

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Picture: By Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov (1830–1897), via the Russian Museum and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted January 25 2021

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