LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Scotland, 8th century
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Denmark, 5th / 6th centuries
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Norway, 8th century
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England, 6th century
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Detailed explanation-1: -Where does Beowulf take place? Beowulf takes place in early 6th-century Scandinavia, primarily in what is known today as Denmark and Sweden.
Detailed explanation-2: -Beowulf takes place in 6th century Denmark and Sweden. The Geats (Beowulf’s tribe) inhabited the southern part of Sweden) and Hrothgar and his glorious mead-hall Heorot were from the Danish island, Sjaelland.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Beowulf sails to Denmark in order to come to the aid of King Hrothgar and his people who are being attacked by the hideous monster Grendel.
Detailed explanation-4: -Whether the Beowulf epic was created by the English (the Anglo-Saxon) or, as Beowulf revisionists would argue, by the Viking Danes, the events described in the poem certainly all took place in 5th-or 6th-century Denmark and adjacent areas.
Detailed explanation-5: -Danes (Dene) A tribe living in part of the area now called Denmark. At the time most of the story takes place, Hrothgar is lord of the Danes. The Dragon-Its home is in Geatland. It lives underground guarding a huge treasure.