jan 1, 950 - Beowulf
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"Beowulf" is an Old English epic sonnet comprising of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most significant works of Old English writing. The date of organization involves dispute among researchers; the main certain dating relates to the original copy, which was delivered somewhere in the range of 975 and 1025. The creator was a mysterious Anglo-Saxon writer, alluded to by researchers as the "Beowulf artist".
The story is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a legend of the Geats, goes to the guide of Hrothgar, the ruler of the Danes, whose mead corridor in Heorot has been enduring an onslaught by a beast known as Grendel. After Beowulf kills him, Grendel's mom assaults the corridor and is then additionally crushed. Successful, Beowulf returns home to Geatland (Götaland in present day Sweden) and becomes lord of the Geats. After fifty years, Beowulf vanquishes a mythical beast, yet is mortally injured in the fight. After his demise, his chaperons incinerate his body and erect a pinnacle on a headland in his memory.
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