November has been a busy month. We have recorded many more stories and hope to soon have at least twenty-five online. The most recent recording is our story behind the upcoming film Beowulf.
We are also pleased to announce a new page commemorating Native-American Heritage Month for our U.S. academic members.
Because so many world events are commemorated in November, we are once again profiling more stories than usual. As a result, we'll get right into it.
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BEOWULF
Sailing the short distance from Geatland to Denmark, the sixth-century warrior was sure he could help. His name was Beowulf. He would soon meet a monster - the "powerful demon" Grendel - who had terrorized the Danes for a dozen years.
The story of Beowulf and his exploits, told by long-ago poets, comes to us through a single manuscript written in Old English. Is the story true? Where (and when) was the manuscript written? And ... how could the story of Beowulf - about Scandinavian Geats, Danes and Swedes - become Britain's national epic?
A new film, based on the epic, opens in North America on November 16. In our story, you will virtually visit the places where scholars believe the story originated and can see an extended section of the actual tale performed in Old English.
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