Beowulf was a Norse Saga, he was a hero that killed a monster called Grendal (Troll) and then his even more fierce mother.
When he was old he died killing a dragon while protecting his people.
If you want to read it try to get the older version that wasn't changed by Christian Monks

hey how could you have a scottish banner in your avatar and not even mentian rob in your post

Not to offend by I think Rob Roy was really overrated.
I would rather not get into why I think that as I see you are very proud of your heritage and it could lead to bad feelings.

Beowulf is the oldest known written story and the most important of the Norse sagas. Beowulf would have kicked RoB's butt though ,I mean the guy fought monsters ,demons and and Grendels Mom and you know how tough mother bears are imagine mother demons.

i have a grendel

As I mentioned in the Death Chat a few nights ago, I can't recommend this version of Beowolf highly enough... http://tinyurl.com/2updal

Beowolf in an epic poem composed in Anglo-Saxon. The Heaney translation linked above contains the OE text as well as a verse translation into modern English.

Summary: Beowolf was a Hero (later king) in southern Sweeden. He travels to Denmark to save the Danes from Grendel and his mother. 50 years later he perishes in mortal combat with a wyrm (dragon) in his homeland. The text was put down on paper between 650 and 1000 CE by a Christian poet - making it the first narative in proto-English - so I'm not sure what versions are referenced as having been changed by monks.

Get the book, you won't be sorry.

Me too, a P-30

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Thanks!!

how dare you, I'm getting the clan together and were gona show you lol jk
rob roy was a hero but he has been hollywoodized, just like william walice
rob actually did more then walice
btw happy birth day ted

what? i love braveheart!
hes like...my hero. people in school call me wallace, just because i love the name sooo much.

wallice was mainly invented by hollywood
he was more polotition then warrior