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	geatland
		Later in the story after Beowulf returns to Geatland, he realizes the country is in a state of trouble.
		Meanwhile, in Geatland, a courageous warrior known as Beowulf hears of King Hrothgars troubles and vows to kill Grendel.
		While Beowulf is in Geatland, where he is the king of the Geats, he hears of King Hrothgars struggle with Grendle in Denmark.
	www.exampleessays.com /essay_search/geatland.html (689 words)

	SparkNotes: Beowulf: Plot Overview
		He returns to Geatland, where he and his men are reunited with their king and queen, Hygelac and Hygd, to whom Beowulf recounts his adventures in Denmark.
		He rules wisely for fifty years, bringing prosperity to Geatland.
		When Beowulf is an old man, however, a thief disturbs a barrow, or mound, where a great dragon lies guarding a horde of treasure.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/beowulf/summary.html (636 words)

	Beowulf Book Notes Summary by Anonymous: Plot Summary
		Beowulf, a noted and respected warrior from Geatland, arrives with a ship of his warriors to assist King Hrothgar in stopping Grendel.
		His sons rule and are killed as well, and after this, Beowulf is crowned as King of Geatland.
		Wiglaf calls to the men that fled, telling them that they were cowards and from this moment on will be banished from Geatland.
	www.bookrags.com /notes/beo/SUM.html (916 words)

	Essays for College
		Suddenly the story changes location to Geatland, where a mysterious warrior, “the mightiest man on earth”, a thane of Hygelac, learns about Hrothgar’s plight.
		Thus, without a king to rule them, the people of Geatland turn to their hero Beowulf.
		Finally I think the poem nicely connects into a circle by telling of Beowulf's funeral in the end while in the beginning there was the story of Scyf Shielding's great pyre.
	www.vaidilute.com /brit-lit-essays-beow.html (4631 words)

	Beowulf (hero)
		When king Hroðgar and his court were terrorized by the troll-like creature Grendel, Beowulf left Geatland (West Götaland) and sailed to Zealand with 12 warriors in order to pay his father's debt.
		Beowulf was recompensed with gold and horses by queen Wealhþeow, and they returned to Geatland.
		Back in Geatland, queen Hygd offered Beowulf the throne but Beowulf denied in favour of the young prince Heardred.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/be/beowulf__hero_.html (502 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		This would be a realistic location for a childhood friend of Beowulf, and the poem describes a swimming contest between them.
		When king HroÃ°gar, his wife WealhÃ¾eow, and his court were terrorized by the monstrous Grendel, Beowulf left Geatland (West GÃ¶taland) and sailed to Zealand with twelve warriors in order to pay his father's debt.
		Back in Geatland, queen Hygd offered Beowulf the throne but Beowulf declined in favour of the young prince Heardred.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Beowulf_(hero) (844 words)

	Hygd at AllExperts
		Queen Hygd, introduced in line 1925 of the poem Beowulf, is the wife of King Hygelac of Geatland.
		After Beowulf defeats Grendel and Grendel's mother, he and his men returned to their native country, where they are received by Hygelac and Hygd.
		Instead of securing the throne for her own offspring, she offers it to Beowulf as she considers her son Heardred to be too inexperienced to defend Geatland against the Swedes.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hy/hygd.htm (311 words)

	The Ultimate Onela - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The oldest source for Onela is the Old English poem Beowulf which relates that Onela usurped the Swedish throne.
		Ohthere's sons Eadgils and Eanmund fled to king Heardred of Geatland, the son of Hygelac who had killed their grandfather Ongentheow.
		Onela then had both a father to avenge and two pretenders to neutralize, in Geatland.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Onela (520 words)

	Bodvar Bjarke
		Unlike Beowulf, he is said to have been Norwegian.
		However, his brother was the king of Gautland (Geatland), and it was from Geatland that he arrived in Denmark.
		Moreover, upon arriving at the court of Denmark, he kills a monstrous beast that has been terrorizing the court at Christmas for two years.
	www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=Bodvar_Bjarke (131 words)

	boekverslag Beowulf door Anonymous \| scholieren.com
		Specific settings are quite varied: Heorot Hall, where Danish banquets are held; the lair of Grendel's mother in a murky lake that boils with blood; the cave of the dragon, which is filled with treasure; and the elaborate funeral pyre built for Beowulf.
		Beowulf, the nephew of King Hygelac of Geatland, is known as a great and brave man. He earned his reputation by swimming for seven days on the open sea and by using a sword to fight off sharks.
		When an irate dragon challenges Geatland, Beowulf goes off to fight it, confident that he will be able to slay the monster in spite of foreboding prophecies.
	www.scholieren.com /boekverslagen/15006 (7274 words)

	42 Beowulf
		Great was the rejoicing in the hall and greater was Beowulf's welcome when he returned to Geatland, where he was given great estates and many high honors.
		Before his death, Beowulf named Wiglaf his successor to the throne of Geatland and ordered that his own ashes be placed in a memorial shrine at the top of a high cliff commanding the sea.
		Beowulf's body was burned on a vast funeral pyre, while twelve Geats rode around the mound singing their sorrow and their praise for the good and great man, Beowulf.
	earth-history.com /Greece/Mythol/bulf41.htm (807 words)

	Beowulf (hero) at AllExperts
		The red area is VÃ¤stergÃ¶tland (the core region of Geatland), the yellow area is the territory ruled by the Wulfings, the pink area is the Danish territory.
		The green area is the land of the Swedes.
		When king HroÃ°gar, his wife WealhÃ¾eow, and his court were terrorized by the troll-like creature Grendel, Beowulf left Geatland (West GÃ¶taland) and sailed to Zealand with twelve warriors in order to pay his father's debt.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/be/beowulf_(hero).htm (828 words)

	42 Beowulf
		This Grendel bore a charmed life against all weapons forged by man. He lived in the wastelands and nightly prowled out to visit the hall of Hrothgar, carrying off and slaughtering many of the guests.
		Beowulf, hearing from mariners of Grendel's murderous visits, sailed from Geatland with fourteen stalwart companions to render Hrothgar the help of his great strength.
		Shortly afterward, Heardred, the boy-king, was killed in the war with the Swedes.
	www.earth-history.com /Greece/Mythol/bulf41.htm (776 words)

	Beowulf (hero) - Definition, explanation
		(the core region of Geatland), the yellow area is the territory ruled by the Wulfings, the pink area is the Danish territory.
		He was buried in a Barrow by the sea.
		The Swedish scholar Birger Nerman has proposed Skalunda Hög in Västergötland (West Geatland) to be Beowulf's mound.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/be/beowulf__hero_.php (717 words)

	geatland (Site not responding. Last check: )
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		to reduce exposure to geatland reduce initiation, and increase tobacco-use cessation.
	hometown.aol.com /coeaton7567/geatland.html (154 words)

	Blade of the King Concept Film - Short Films - SPIKE Powered by IFILM
		Short Films - This is a concept film designed as an aid in pitching to either private investors or to studios in the hopes of gaining funding for a feature film.
		In the 6th century, an ancient evil returns and turns its wrath on the people of Geatland.
		One of Geatland's sons and greatest warriors must rise to the challenge, and attempt to defeat this great evil.
	www.ifilm.com /ifilmdetail/2687194 (313 words)

	Hygd (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hygd is the young queen of Geatland and the wife of its king Hygelac, in Beowulf.
		Hygd's wisdom and love for her Geatish people is shown when her husband Hygelac has fallen in the raid in Frisia against the Franks.
		Instead of securing the throne for her own offspring, she offers the throne to Beowulf as she considers her son Heardred to be too inexperienced to defend Geatland against the Swedes.
	www.centipedia.com /index.php?title=Hygd&action=creativecommons (259 words)

	Beowulf
		Finally, word reached the land of the Geats as to what was happening.
		In Geatland lived the greatest warrior who ever walked on earth.
		He took soldiers with him and went to the rescue of the Danes.
	www.studylit.com /main_authorpage/beowulf.htm (426 words)

	Wolfnotes brought to you by FreeBooknotes.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Geatland King Hygelac sits on the throne, and one of his Thanes, Beowulf, hears of the plight of King Hrothgar of the Danes.
		Beowulf decides to cross the sea to help Hrothgar and he selects fifteen men to accompany him.
		Finally, he hopes to enhance his reputation both in Denmark, and back home in Geatland.
	www.freebooknotes.com /bookwolf/beowulf/beowulf_comes_to_denmark-beowu.shtml (358 words)

	Epic Beowulf essays - Free Essays - Seamus Heaney's Beowulf
		Throughout his entire reign over Geatland, Beowulf never loses any of these desirable qualities.
		Unfortunately, when other groups of people hear about the sudden death of a king as noble as Beowulf, they are likely to attack and try to take over Geatland because the loss of King Beowulf makes it become extremely vulnerable to invasions.
		Though Beowulf's death is unfortunate, while he is still alive his people lead jubilant lives free of much worry or stress because he is such an excellent king.
	www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=14694 (1001 words)

	beowulf essays
		The kings of Denmark and Geatland recognized Beowulf as a great warrior, and the king of Geatland treated him as a son.
		A dragon was burning Geatland to the ground, and Beowulf went out to fight him while his people hid in the woods in fear.
		The people of Geatland idolized Beowulf as their hero, and he eventually succeeded the King of Geatland as its leader.
	www.megaessays.com /viewpaper/60750.html (274 words)

	CliffsNotes::Beowulf:Book Summary and Study Guide
		Fame is a positive quality, having to do more with earned respect than vanity.
		A fiery dragon terrorizes the countryside because a lone Geat fugitive has stolen a golden flagon from the dragon’s treasure-trove.
		Beowulf insists on fighting the dragon alone even though the king’s death will leave Geatland vulnerable to attack from old enemies.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-33,pageNum-48.html (1330 words)

	Geat
		It is not "great" and not "get." The word "Geat" really exists in the English language, even though it is not known to about 99.9 percent of the English-speaking population.
		Moreover, not only does Geat exist in our language, but such words as "Geatland", "Weather-Geats", "Sea-Geats" are also part of the English heritage.
		After that he is forced to fight with a dragon who attacks the Geat people.
	csis.pace.edu /grendel/projf984a/geat.html (620 words)

	Claire Garden - "The Grendiliad"
		During a swimming match with his buddy Breca he'd killed a lot of sea serpents while winning the race.
		But before that he'd been a lazy, good-for-nothing kid, and some people in Geatland can't seem to forget it.
		Grendel is screaming so you can hear him back in Geatland almost, but Beowulf doesn't tell him that the secret code to make one's opponent stop twisting is to slap the floor with his free hand.
	home.centurytel.net /proste/garden/sf/sfgrendiliad.htm (1384 words)

	Beowulf
		Beowulf gathers 14 warriors to travel to the land of the Danes.
		They are 14 of the best warriors in Geatland.
		The next day Beowulf and his men set sail for Geatland.
	www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu /smc/journey/ex/classic/hj9017_s100.html (647 words)

	Beowulf - Anonymous - Penguin Classics
		It celebrates the hero Beowulf, who goes to Denmark and slays the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.
		He later becomes the king of Geatland, and in old age meets death in combat with a dragon.
		Blending history with legend and richly allusive in its narrative, Beowulf portrays an epic conflict of good and evil, generosity and vengeance, life and death.
	us.penguinclassics.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140433777,00.html (146 words)

	Heardred - Qwika
		Geatland, as she fears that the young Heardred won't be able to defend his...
		to Beowulf as she considers her son Heardred to be too inexperienced to defend Geatland...
		sons Eadgils and Eanmund fled to king Heardred of Geatland, the son of Hygelac who...
	www.qwika.com /find/Heardred (383 words)

	Feuds in Beowulf
		When Beowulf returns to Geatland, Hygelac's queen (Hygd) offers Beowulf the crown.
		When Othere dies, his brother Onela seizes the throne (more family treachery!) Othere's two sons, Eanmund and Eadgils, have to flee to Geatland and the court of Heardred, where Beowulf is acting as regent.
		In revenge Onela, now the illegitimate king of the Swedes, enters Geatland with an army.
	www.english.uga.edu /~cdesmet/beofeud.htm (847 words)

	MonkeyNotes Study Guide Summary-Beowulf-CHARACTER ANALYSIS/HROTHGAR-Free Book notes/Chapter Summary
		He does not hesitate to rush to the help of the neighboring Danes in order to fight a monster that is plaguing them, proving that he is generous as well as brave.
		His only request is that if he is killed by the monster, his armor should be returned to Hygelac, for he is loyal to the King of Geatland.
		Even though his courage is not tested for a long time, it does not diminish, even with old age.
	www.pinkmonkey.com /booknotes/monkeynotes/pmBeowulf18.asp (824 words)

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