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Heorot (Old
English 'hart, stag') is a mead-hall and
major point of
focus in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. The hall
serves as a seat of rule for King Hrothgar...
- Chi
Heorot (often
referred to
simply as "
Heorot" or "XH") is a
local fraternity at
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. It was a
chapter of the...
- The
Legacy of
Heorot is a
science fiction novel by
American writers Larry Niven,
Jerry Pournelle, and
Steven Barnes,
first published in 1987. Reproduction...
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numerous reinterpretations and re-imaginings.
Grendel is
feared by all in
Heorot but Beowulf, who
kills both him and his mother.
Grendel is a
figure in the...
- Geats,
comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes,
whose mead hall
Heorot has been
under attack by the
monster Grendel for
twelve years.
After Beowulf...
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people from the
trollish creature Grendel.
Widsith only
mentions Hrothgar,
Heorot, his
nephew Hroðulf and
their enemy Ingeld, but can
complete Beowulf in...
- Old
English heorot;
compare Frisian hart,
Dutch hert,
German Hirsch, and Swedish, Norwegian, and
Danish hjort, all
meaning "deer".
Heorot is
given as...
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Legacy of
Heorot (1987) (with
Steven Barnes and
Jerry Pournelle) (release
order book 1) Beowulf's
Children (1995, UK: The
Dragons of
Heorot) (with Barnes...
- that it
would not be
renewed for a
second series.
Beowulf returns to his
Heorot to find that Hrothgar, his
adoptive father, is dead. Hrothgar's wife, Rheda...
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translation of Rohirric. Meduseld, the hall of King Théoden, is
modelled on
Heorot, the
great hall in Beowulf.
Within the plot of The Lord of the Rings, Rohan...
