Monthly Archives: February 2012
THE SAGA OF BEOWULF – Part XIV – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
ON THE shore of the lake into which Beowulf had plunged Hrothgar and his retainers had stayed for some time, but at last, giving up all hope of ever beholding the hero again, they returned to their homes. Only the … Continue reading
THE SAGA OF BEOWULF – Part XIII – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
DOWN, down, down he sank. At first he could see nothing, and the dark water sang in his ears and lay about his body like a thick mantle. He felt things brushing against his legs and body, soft things that … Continue reading
The Saga of Beowulf – Part XII – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
BUT the day following, there suddenly arrived before Hrothgar a messenger, his face all twisted with fear, and his legs so shaking beneath him that they could scarce support his frame. And so distraught was this wild-eyed man that Hrothgar … Continue reading
The Saga of Beowulf – Part XI – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
WHEN dawn crept clear and untroubled across the woodland and touched the gold-bright hall of Heorot, there came from all quarters the subjects and servants of Hrothgar the king. In twos and threes they came at first, then in a … Continue reading
The Saga of Beowulf – Part X – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
SILENTLY they fought in the fog-strewn hall of Heorot. Silently their bodies twisted and bent, this way and that, and Beowulf kept Grendel’s huge hands with their long claws of sharp bone from him, and Grendel in turn sought to … Continue reading
The Saga of Beowulf – Part IX – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
THE fires were burnt out on the hearths when the last of Hrothgar’s train had departed. Then Beowulf and his companions set themselves to fastening tightly the door of the hall. They secured it with wooden bolts and tied it … Continue reading
The Saga of Beowulf – Part VIII – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
THAT night, after Beowulf and his companions had rested, for the first time in twelve years there was a great banquet in the hall of Heorot. The place was decorated with fine hangings, the goldbright roof burnished until it shone … Continue reading
The Saga of Beowulf – Part VII – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
WHIGH TELLS of Beowulf’s reception among the Danes, his encounter with GRENDEL and with GRENDEL’S MOTHER. ON AND ON, through the vast, dense forests of Daneland, Beowulf and his companions toiled, until the sweat stood out in drops upon … Continue reading
The Saga of Beowulf – Part VI – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
THE way led for a little time through woodland cleared of all underbrush, where at night and in the light of the flares the company seemed to be passing through some vast mysterious dwelling-place; so tall were the trees that … Continue reading
The Saga of Beowulf – Part V – rewritten as a story especially for the younger generations
FOR seven days and seven nights there were great preparations in the halls of Hygelac the Geat, that Beowulf might go on his adventure fully equipped for whatever awaited him in Daneland. From the group of companions who hid- come … Continue reading
Norse & Viking Sagas 