Beowulf. Heroic Epic

The poem is based on — the tales of the feats of Beowulf, a Geatish hero, who came to aid the Danish king Hrothgar, whose banquet hall Heorot is terrorized by the monster Grendel. After defeating him and his mother — an ancient creature from the underworld, — Beowulf gains glory, but after years, now being a king, he is forced to enter his final battle — with a dragon guarding a fatal treasure.