story of the world vol. 2 ch 2

Beowulf

Anglo Saxon hero, mightiest of men

Angles and Saxons

Barbarian tribes from across the North Sea (Germany, Denmark)

Vortigern

Celtic tribal leader

Forvor

Giant that Craith had to fight to get his wife

Middle Ages or Dark Ages

called dark because there wasn't much written about what happened in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

England

comes from the word Angle

Craith

great warrior from Celtic story

Hrothgar

king in Beowulf

Celts

lived in Britain before the Romans invaded

Grendel

monster in Beowulf

What was special about the 3 celtic warriors who helped Craith?

oherne had good hearing, one was very fast, one could see far away

Anglo Saxons

people from England, Celts intermarried with Angles and Saxons

bard

singer and story teller

Scotland, Ireland, Wales

where the Celts ended up