How has Beowulf come down to us, and where is it kept?, It survives in a single manuscript copy, discovered in 1705 and preserved in the British Museum, He returns to Sweden, becomes king, and rules peacefully for fifty years., What is the poem mainly about, and when is it set?, hat the royal castle is haunted by a fierce monster in the form of a giant, Grendel, who forces his way in every night to kill and devour one of the people inside., It relates the adventures of a great Germanic hero during the first centuries of the Christian era, before the Anglo-Saxons had moved to England., Who is Beowulf?, He is a nephew of Hygelac, king of the Geatas in southern Sweden., A fiery dragon invades the land, What does Beowulf discover at the Danish king's castle?, One of Beowulf's friends, That the royal castle is haunted by a fierce monster in the form of a giant, Grendel, who forces his way in every night to kill and devour one of the people inside., How does Beowulf fight Grendel?, He wrestles with the giant and tears one arm out of his shoulder., He wrestles with the giant and tears one leg out., How does Beowulf's story end?, He follows Grendel there, kills Grendel's mother (also a monster), and cuts off Grendel's head, which he carries back in triumph to the Danish king's court.Beowulf passed away, A fiery dragon invades his land. After many adventures he overcomes it with the help of his followers, but he is mortally wounded.

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