While Grendel's mother is hard for Beowulf to defeat, he IS able to use a sword, where as he has to battle Grendel bare handed.
Beowulf discovers that his sword is ineffective against Grendel's mother's tough skin. He discards the sword and instead uses a magical weapon found in her lair to defeat her.
His ancestral sword.
After Beowulf harms Grendel, the mother breaks into the hall to take his arm home. Beowulf is told by the king that htere are actually two monsters. Beowulf leaves at once to go underwater to kill Grendel's mother.
Yes, Beowulf does fight Grendels mother, they fight in her lair. He chops off her head.
Beowulf kills Grendel's mother by using a sword on her.
Beowulf kills Grendel's mother by using a sword on her.
In the EPIC of Beowulf, she was slain by a sword made for a giant and sliced her head clean off in one clean cut.
After Beowulf kills Mother Grendel, Beowulf seeks Grendel and beheads the beast.Grendel's blood melts the sword.
Beowulf uses a giant's sword to kill Grendel's mother in their underwater lair. He finds the sword hanging on the wall and uses it to strike a fatal blow.
The dragon is beowulfs song which most people don't' know cause it doesn't really tell you... and the golden horn Beowulf got from the king is a symbol. If Grendels mother has it he shall not attach but it soon comes back to it's owner and it comes back to Beowulf when he becomes king. So Beowulf and Grendels mother got to gather and he gave her another son, he just couldn't help it. so Beowulf really doesn't kill Grendels mother he just says he does.....
Grendel's mom tried to kill Beowulf for her son's vengeance. This was a tougher battle for Beowulf because his sword wasn't able to hurt her mother so he use his fist and gradually found a mystic sword and cut her head off.