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- Beowulf: (Click to access the electronic version.)
- Note: The Story of Beowulf and the Dragon
can be found verse XXXI
(Page 68) and on
- Origin
- Denmark
- Source
- Anonymous
- Translated by Francis B. Gummere
- Collier & Sons: New York, 1919
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- University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center. : 1994
- The Story
- After a piece of its guarded treasure is stolen by a "condemned or
bannished" man, the dragon flies into rage and rampages the country of
Geats where Beowulf is the king. Beowulf is old now but he still sets
out to fight the dragon. His sword cannot even drive through the scale
armor of the dragon. Only one of his companions is brave enough to come
to Beowulf's rescue. His name is Wiglaf. The dragon is slayed by the
combined strengh of these two men but Beowulf is mortally injured and
dies shortly after.
- Comments
- This fire-breathing dragon is greedy, fierce, and ruthless: the
classic Western Dragon.
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