home of beowulf Media Based on a historical source

Based on a historical source

they were said to enter battle without a mail coat

It depicts the Valknut symbol

Plate 1: Odin riding on his 8-legged horse Sleipnir

in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

home of beowulf Media Based on a historical sourceThe story of Beowulf inspired Tolkiens Lord of the Rings and is the foundation for all modern fantasy literature. But the poem itself is not fiction, it is a story about the people living on Gotland during the 5th and 6th century. The authors Hans Wanneby and Rikard Evertsson have, after years of surveying field work and researching hundreds of papers, pieced together the puzzle of the poem's enigmatic content and created a clear picture, something