Zemeckis’ Beowulf: Boasting hero, seductive Grendel’s mom, and weird CGI. Gaiman & Avary twist the classic epic into a tale of flawed heroism. First watch? Meh. Second? Surprisingly fun. 🔗 https://vikingsvssamurai.com/beowulf/ #Beowulf #VikingTales #CGIMovies
Beowulf

First time I saw Beowulf? Eye-rolls and groans. But round two? Surprisingly fun.

VIKINGS vs SAMURAI

Voyager writing team, mid season 1: whelp, I’m out of ideas. What if we just do Beowulf this week?

#StarTrek #Voyager #Beowulf #Holodeck #HolodeckAdventures

« Beowulf and The Dragon », 1931

by Rockwell Kent (American painter, 1882-1971)
Signed lithograph, illustration from W.E. Leonard’s translation of the old English epic story Beowulf, 1932

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #rockwellkent #artdeco #anglosaxonart #beowulf

Bales2025FilmChallenge

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Mythology

#Beowulf (2007)

The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

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Mythology

#Beowulf (2007)

The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

"Overcoming Praxial Inertia: Straw Dogs and Canon's Teeth in the Night": Explores some popular examples of canonical, monomyth Beowulf-style heroes and the threat they represent as also needing to be camped:

https://vanderwaardart.com/2025/03/book-sample-overcoming-praxial-inertia

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Book Sample: Overcoming Praxial Inertia - van der Waard Art.com

A blog post from "The Total Codex," the 2025 promotion for Volume Zero (2023) of my Sex Positivity book series. Discusses praxial inertia and overcoming it.

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Skaldic verse meets rap battles in Vikings vs. Samurai! Inspired by Maria Dahvana Headley’s Beowulf, we’re talkin’ lyrical throwdowns straight outta Heorot. 🔗 https://vikingsvssamurai.com/epic-skaldic-rap-battles/ #Vikings #Beowulf #RapBattles
Epic Skaldic Rap Battles

Reading Neil S. Price’s The Viking Way, and man, Vikings were all about epic verbal showdowns. Maria Dahvana Headley’s Beowulf-inspired rap battles in VIKINGS vs SAMURAI is gonna be killer!

VIKINGS vs SAMURAI
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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
Starting in two days! Reading Beowulf online course - learn more and sign up at https://medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/beowulf #Beowulf #medieval #history
Reading Beowulf

A structured reading group that will read Beowulf in its entirety in around 600 lines each week. The course also covers related Old Germanic texts. All will be read in translation with opportunities to pronounce Old English.

Medieval Studies Courses from Medievalists.net