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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem - Unknown ยท 68 words
Grendels mother, however, comes the next night to avenge his death. She is furious and raging. While Beowulf is sleeping in a room somewhat apart x from the quarters of the other warriors, she seizes one of Hrothgars favorite counsellors, and carries him off and devours him. Beowulf is called. Determined to leave Heorot entirely purified, he arms himself, and goes down to look for the female monster.
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