Beowulf Illustrations I II
Some of the illustrations are available as prints or postcards in my 
shop
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Beowulf advances |
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Fire |
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The battleshirkers flee |
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Wiglaf's sword (not used) |
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Wiglaf |
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Wiglaf comes to Beowufl's aid |
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The fight I |
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The fight II |
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Wiglaf and Beowulf |
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The golden standard (this flag is based on a weather-vane found on a Viking ship in Norway) |
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The torque (the animal heads are based on carvings found on bedposts in the Oseberg ship-burial from Oseberg, Norway, 9th century AD) |
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The death of Beowulf |
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Wiglaf mourns his king |
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Battlehorn (based on drinking horns from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial) |
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Shieldwall |
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The warriors return |
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The felled foe |
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Into the barrow |
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Beowulf's pyre |
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The funeral |
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Beowulf's Barrow |
