Beowulf

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf epic poem
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Beowulf:_A_New_Translation_(2012)
gptkb:Beowulf_(1999_film)
gptkb:Beowulf_(2007_film)
gptkbp:author unknown
gptkbp:character gptkb:Beowulf
gptkb:Grendel's_mother
Dragon
Grendel
Geatish_hero
gptkbp:criticalReception feminist readings
historical readings
psychological readings
structuralist readings
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired video games
inspired music
inspired plays
inspired novels
inspired poetry
gptkbp:cultural_significance gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_literature
gptkbp:genre heroic literature
gptkbp:historicalContext Anglo-Saxon_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Beowulf
gptkbp:influence gptkb:C.S._Lewis
gptkb:J.R.R._Tolkien
gptkbp:language gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:motif feasting
supernatural elements
epic battles
death and legacy
loyalty and kinship
gptkbp:narrativeStyle alliterative verse
gptkbp:notableEvent J.R.R. Tolkien (1926)
Maria Dahvana Headley (2020)
Burton_Raffel_(1963)
E._Talbot_Donaldson_(1966)
Seamus_Heaney_(1999)
gptkbp:productLine 3182
gptkbp:publishedBy circa 1000 AD
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Nowell_Codex
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:symbolism treasure
monsters
hero's journey
gptkbp:theme loyalty
fate
heroism