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Beowulf: The Game is a 2007 action-adventure video game developed by Tiwak and Ubisoft and published by Ubisoft. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360. It is based upon the 2007 film Beowulf, which in turn was based upon the epic poem of the same name. The characters are voiced by the original ...
Wiglaf first appears in Beowulf at line 2602, as a member of the band of thanes who go with Beowulf to seek out the dragon that has attacked Geat-Land. This is the first time Wiglaf has gone to war at Beowulf's side. [B 3] He is called a "praise-worthy shield-warrior", a "prince of the Scylfings", and mæg ælfheres, "kinsman of Ælfhere." [B 4]
Beowulf predominantly uses the West Saxon dialect of Old English, like other Old English poems copied at the time. However, it also uses many other linguistic forms; this leads some scholars to believe that it has endured a long and complicated transmission through all the main dialect areas.
Beowulf is a fictional character of the swords and sorcery genre published by DC Comics. The character debuted in Beowulf: Dragon Slayer #1 (May 1975), and was created by Michael Uslan and Ricardo Villamonte. [1] The character is based on the Anglo-Saxon mythic hero Beowulf, first depicted in the Nowell Codex.
The parallel in the story lies with the similarity to Beowulf's hero Sigemund and his companion: Wiglaf is a younger companion to Beowulf and, in his courage, shows himself to be Beowulf's successor. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The presence of a companion is seen as a motif in other dragon stories, but the Beowulf poet breaks hagiographic tradition with the ...
Grendel's Cave was an online Beowulf resource that goes beyond the written text by allowing players to participate in the story. [1] Scholars consider it a modern adaptation of the original Beowulf poem. [2] Glenco McGraw-Hill uses the site as part of their Study Guide for Beowulf. [3]
Ælfhere – a kinsman of Wiglaf and Beowulf. Æschere – Hroðgar's closest counselor and comrade, killed by Grendel's mother. Banstan – the father of Breca. Beow or Beowulf – an early Danish king and the son of Scyld, but not the same character as the hero of the poem; Beowulf – son of Ecgtheow, and the eponymous hero of the Anglo ...
Beowulf, an animated picture by Robert Zemeckis Beowulf, the soundtrack album to 2007 film; Beowulf: The Game, a video game based on the 2007 film; Beowulf: The Legend, a 2005 board game; Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, a 2016 British TV series; Beowulf, a set of gauntlets in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening