BEOWULF' S HISTORY

After scyld's death the Danes prosper under his
descendants.
Beowulf and Hrothgar follow her to her lair in a digusting lake, where Beowulf fights Grendel's mother in her hall at the bottom of the lake. Beowulf almost loses, but with the aid of God is eventually victorious.
The dragon is killed, but mortally wounds Beowulf in the battle, and the old king passes away while gazing on the cursed treasure.