He cuts off his head to keep as a trophy.
After Beowulf kills Grendel's mother, he sees Grendel's lifeless body and beheads it as proof of his victory. He then finds the decapitated head of Grendel and takes it with him as he returns to Heorot to show it to Hrothgar. The Geats and Danes rejoice in Beowulf's triumph over the monsters.
She stumbles out of Hershel's barn, a walker, in season two, episode 7, Pretty Much Dead Already.
After cutting off Grendel's head, Beowulf takes the sword hilt and the head as proof of his victory. He hangs the sword hilt from the rafters as a trophy.
What happened to Lady Madeline on the day the narrator arrived was that she was believed to be dead. Roderick and the narrator came to prepare her body, when she stumbles into the room, falls on her brother, and perishes due to catalepsy.
What happened to Lady Madeline on the day the narrator arrived was that she was believed to be dead. Roderick and the narrator came to prepare her body, when she stumbles into the room, falls on her brother, and perishes due to catalepsy.
Beowulf overcomes Grendel by engaging in hand-to-hand combat with him in the mead hall Heorot. Beowulf tears off Grendel's arm, causing the monster to flee back to his underwater lair where he ultimately dies from his wound.
King Hrothgar becomes sad because he foresees the trappings of Beowulf's hubris. Beowulf chose to fight Grendel barehanded to showcase his great strength and bravery. King Hrothgar knows that a truly good king would never take such an unnecessary risk simply for pride. See the link entitled King Hrothgar in Beowulf-King Hrothgars speech to Beowulf in Hall of Heorot in the related links section for an analysis of Hrothgar's warning about hubris.
Wiglaf is now afraid of potential threats from enemies who may seek to test the strength and unity of the Geats without Beowulf's leadership. He may also be apprehensive about the challenges of maintaining peace and order in the kingdom after Beowulf's death.
The 13th Warrior was released in 1999 and is based on the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. It is a loose retelling of the saga of Beowulf and Grendel.
In the epic poem Beowulf, the character Beowulf is depicted as a pagan hero in a pre-Christian society, so the concept of heaven as understood in Christianity does not apply to him. The poem ends with Beowulf's death and a sense of mourning among his people, but his fate after death is not explicitly described.
My Dead Body was created in 2007.
When Beowulf kills Grendel's mother at her lair, he sees Grendel's dead body. Out of anger, he decapitates Grendel's head and swims back to surface to show the Geats and the Danes the "trophy" he brought back.