contents PROLOGUE VII part one the past 1 Part two THE PRESENT 59 part Three the future 127 MORE TO EXPLORE 192 WORLD map 194 map of daneLand 196 KEY TERMS 197 character GLOSSARY 198 family tree 203 BEOWULF ORIGINS Of the EPIC POEM 204 monster SlaYeRS 206 how to draw BEOWULF 208 anatomy of a page 210 fun facts BIBLIOGRaphy Sneak peak 217 kið Beowulf the song Of Roland 214 216
PROLOGUE
So the tale you know was told by men who twist the truth to fit their means Of the glory won by Beowulf who doled out death with a blade so keen In the hoary land of Denmark not far from Geatland shores Old King Hrothgar's home and hearth had blood upon its floors A creature from the mere known by Grendel for his maw Stalked the halls of Herot to crunch the Danes within his jaw Each night he came a hunting from the forests near his bog To gobble Danes Goths and Brondings then slip away Into the fog
