PART IV

APPENDIX

A. A Postscript on Mythology in _Beowulf_. (1) Beowulf the Scylding and Beowulf son of Ecgtheow. (2) Beow 291 B. Grendel 304 C. The Stages above Woden in the West-Saxon Genealogy 311 D. Grammatical and literary evidence for the date of _Beowulf_. The relation of _Beowulf_ to the Classical Epic 322 E. The "Jute-question" reopened 333 F. _Beowulf_ and the Archaeologists 345 G. Leire before Rolf Kraki 365 H. Bee-wolf and Bear's son 365 I. The date of the death of Hygelac 381

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF _BEOWULF_ AND _FINNSBURG_ 383

INDEX 414

PLATES

PLATE

I. Drida (Thryth) reproached for her Evil Deeds FRONTISPIECE

II. Leire in the Seventeenth Century TO FACE 16

III. Offa, miraculously restored, vindicates his Right. At the side, Offa is represented in Prayer " " 34

IV. Drida (Thryth) arrives in the land of King Offa, "in nauicula armamentis carente" " " 36

V. Riganus (or Aliel) comes before King Warmundus to claim that he should be made King in place of the incompetent Offa " " 218

VI. Drida (Thryth) entraps Albertus (Aethelberht) of East Anglia, and causes him to be slain " " 242

VII. The Gokstad Ship. The Oseberg Ship " " 362

VIII. Southern Scandinavia in the Sixth Century. English Boar-Helmet and Ring-Swords _At end_

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GENEALOGICAL TABLES

The names of the corresponding characters in Scandinavian legend are added in italics; first the Icelandic forms, then the Latinized names as recorded by Saxo Grammaticus.

(1) THE DANISH ROYAL FAMILY

Scyld Sc[=e]fing [_Skj[o,]ldr_, _Skyoldus_] | B[=e]owulf [not the hero of the poem] | Healfdene [_Halfdan_, _Haldanus_] | .-----------------------------------------------------------. | | | | Heorog[=a]r Hr[=o]dhg[=a]r [_Hr['o]arr_[1], H[=a]lga a daughter [_no _Roe_], _mar._ Wealhth[=e]ow [_Helgi_, [_Signy_] Scandinavian_ | _Helgo_] _parallel_] .----------------------. | | | | | | | | Hr[=o]dhmund | | Heoroweard Hr[=e]dhr[=i]c Hr[=o]dhulf | [_Hj[o,]rvardhr,_ [_Hraerekr,_ _mar._ [_Hr['o]lfr_ _Hiarwarus:_ _Roericus:_ Ingeld _Kraki,_ _but not_ _not_ _Roluo_] _recognized as_ _recognized_ _belonging_ _as a son of_ _to this family_] _Hroarr_]

(2) THE GEAT ROYAL FAMILY

Hr[=e]dhel W[=ae]gmund | | .----------------------------. .-------------. | | | | | | Herebeald Haedhcyn | a daughter, _mar._ Ecgth[=e]ow W[=e]ohst[=a]n | | | Hygel[=a]c, _mar._ Hygd | | | | | .-----------------. B[=e]owulf W[=i]gl[=a]f | | a daughter, Heardr[=e]d _mar._ Eofor

(3) THE SWEDISH ROYAL FAMILY

Ongenth[=e]ow | .-------------------------------------. | | Onela [=O]hthere [_['O]ttarr_] [_['A]li, not recognized_ | _as belonging to this_ .---------------. _family_] | | Eanmund [=E]adgils [_Adhils_[2], _Athislus_]

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