Beowult: People, Monsters, and Places

A Geat, son of Edgetho and nephew of Higlac, king of the Geats. Higlac is both his feudal lord and his uncle.

• Beowulf

• Brecca

• Unferth

• Welthow

• Grendel

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Chief of the Brondings, a tribe, and Beowulf's friend

• Brecca

• Unferth

• Welthow

• Hrothgar

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Man-eating monster who lives at the bottom of a foul mere, or mountain lake. His name might be related to the Old Norse grindill, meaning "storm," or grenja, "to bellow."

• Unferth

• Grendel

• Herot

• Wiglaf

• Brecca

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Golden guest-hall built by King Hrothgar, the Danish ruler. It was decorated with the antlers of stages; the name means "stag hall." Scholars think it might have been built near Lejre on the coast of Zealand, in Denmark.

• Hrothgar

• Herot

• Brecca

• Wiglaf

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King of the Danes, builder of Herot. He had once befriended Beowulf's father. His father was called Healfdane which probably means "half Dane." Hrothgar's name might mean "glory spear" or "spear of triumph."

• Welthow

• Grendel

• Hrothgar

• Herot

• Wiglaf

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One of Hrothgar's courtiers (person who is often in attendance at the court of a king), reputed by some to be a skilled warrior. His sword, called Hrunting, is used by Beowulf in a later battle.

• Brecca

• Unferth

• Welthow

• Wiglaf

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Hrothgar's wife, queen of the Danes.

• Brecca

• Welthow

• Grendel

• Herot

• Wiglaf

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A Geat warrior, one of Beowulf's selected band, and the only one to help him in his final fight with the dragon. He might be related to Beowulf.

• Brecca

• Welthow

• Wiglaf

• Hrothgar

• Unferth

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