Learn about the plot, language, and verse-form of this ancient heroic epic poem...

Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge...

Listen to the first verses of Beowulf recited in Old English (Anglo-Saxon) combined with scenes from the 2006 Motion Picture "Beowulf and Grendel"...