Grendels mother is one of three antagonists in the anonymous old english poem beowulf. Grendels mother sets out to avenge her sons death by killing someone from the tribe that killed him.
He is also the son of ecgtheow who travels to heorot where the great mead hall of hrothgar king of the danes is located.
Grendels mom. Although she manages to kill one man she is alarmed by the strength and prowess of the geatish warriors and retreats to her lair a cave underneath a lake filled with sea monsters. Grendels mother like her son is a mysterious humanoid creature. Grendels mother sometimes called his dam is not as huge or as powerful as the son but she is motivated by revenge.
The other antagonists are grendel and the dragon all aligned in opposition to the hero beowulf. Grendels mother who is never given a name in the text is the subject of ongoing controversy among medieval scholars. She is introduced in lines 1258b to 1259a as.
This is due to the ambiguity of a few words in old english which appear in the original beowulf manuscript. She enters the poem as an avenger l1258 seeking redress for the death of her son at beowulfs hands. Beowulf the battle with grendels mother then sank they to sleep and grendels mother monster of women mourned her woe.
Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Grendels mother another demonic descendant of cain attempts to avenge her sons death by attacking heorot hall. In the poem beowulf grendels mother is described as a female monster and sea hag.
Her son has returned to their cave mortally wounded one of his two arms or claws ripped from its shoulder socket and hanging now beneath the roof of hrothgars mead hall. She generally lacks humanity but she does seek revenge for her sons death which can be viewed as a distinctly. For this reason some readers have seen grendels mother as an embodiment of ancient northern european societys tendency toward unending blood feuds.
Grendels mother is a vengeful creature who illustrates the constant cycle of war in the poem even when the enemy appears to be defeated. Start studying english 4 beowulf an the battle with grendels mother. And his mother now gloomy and grim would go on that quest.
This type of revenge killing was common in medieval european warrior culture suggesting that grendel and his mother are more human than you might have thought. Summary of beowulf attacks grendels mother the epic story of beowulf is about a young hero who fights in battles against the monster grendel and his mother and later concerns beowulfs final fight with a dragonbeowulf is the prince of the geats. All characters grendel grendels mother hrothgar the dragon the shaper unferth wealtheow ork beowulf symbols all symbols the ram bull and goat the intertwining trees the oak overlooking the abyss.
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