the dragon of the barrow
Anglo Saxon · numen · heroic age · Recorded classification
THE ONE OF THE THREE WITH NO NAME AT ALL, AND THE ONE THAT WINS. The corpus holds Wiglaf and Weohstan and Beowulf and held nothing for them to be standing in front of. The id is qualified as anglosaxon_beowulf_dragon because 'dragon' alone is a class and this is one.
Relations
- killed by: BeowulfNon-symmetric.Reference treatment: the dragon fight is the third and final part of the epic, in which Beowulf dies. (secondary)
- fought by: WiglafNon-symmetric.Reference treatment of Beowulf: Wiglaf is the only retainer who stays with Beowulf at the dragon fight. (secondary)
Sources
- The dragon of Beowulf's third part is the barrow-serpent roused by the theft of a cup, which burns the Geatish country and kills Beowulf as it dies.: Reference treatments of Beowulf and of its three-part structure. (secondary)