Beowulf kills the dragon, and the dragon kills Beowulf. The end. But it’s not the end. Because beyond, ... he is laid out in a vessel stacked with weapons and treasure, and set adrift once more.

Beowulf returns home and becomes king after his uncle and cousin are cut down by the Swedes. He rules for 50 years, until a new enemy emerges--a dragon whose treasure has been looted and who burns ...

While there may not be any treasure-hoarding serpents living in nearby caves, there are similar, ... Beowulf battling the dragon, from a 1908 illustration by J. R. Skelton.

The British Library has the original manuscript of Beowulf that was published in the year 1000, most likely during the reign of King Æthelred the Unready. It is widely considered the best poem ...

Like the Beowulf dragon, Smaug guards treasure, leaving his lair only when the band of dwarves aided by Bilbo Baggins enter the mountain to reclaim their treasure. Just as destructive as Beowulf's ...

What have they done to Beowulf, everyone's least favorite Old English epic about a hero's battles with a monster, the monster's mother and an annoying dragon who turns up 50 years later?