Z's Myth-folklore Blog

  Source I enjoyed the talk and the references to links between human intelligence and creativity. I feel as though a lot of people connect human intelligence specifically to concrete and tangible ideas and inventions, while focusing less on the creative aspects of the human mind. I also appreciate the video focusing on younger minds, as I feel as though (and as research shows) younger minds are very plastic or easily change and influenced. By using younger minds, we can better appreciate the beginnings of a human mind's creativity, and how that can potentially influence over a period of time.

  The Arrival of the Dragon Story source:  The Story of Beowulf  by Strafford Riggs with illustrations by Henry Pitz (1933). MANY years passed during which we know very little of what befell our hero Beowulf. He returned safely to Geatsland after his adventures among the Danes, and he was received with great acclaim at the court of his uncle Hygelac and was hailed as the greatest of all living heroes in the North. Minstrels roamed the land, singing of his deeds of strength and valor. Key plot elements with descriptions At last, however, death came to Hygelac during a momentous battle with the Frisians and the Franks, those warlike tribes, and his son Heardred became king in Hygelac's place. But Heardred's reign was not long, and after him Beowulf came to the throne of Geatsland. WHEN there began a long and happy period in the country of the Geats. Prosperity rained upon them. The Geatish warriors were ever successful in battle, and the treasury was filled to bursting with...

  Beowulf is appointed to be a thane of King Hygelac, his uncle. A thane is an aristocratic attendant of the king, a nobleman in the king's service. the "Wanderer," a minstrel who will sing to King Hygelac about terrible events taking place in the land of Daneland, where Hrothgar is king, events caused by the monster Grendel. Modern archaeologists speculate that the historical Heorot may have been located near the modern village of Lejre on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. Journey of Beowulf, expand maybe on topics: FOR seven days and seven nights, there were great preparations in the halls of Hygelac the Geat that Beowulf might go on his adventure fully equipped for whatever awaited him in Daneland. From the group of companions who had come to manhood at the same time as himself, Beowulf selected fourteen earls to accompany him. He had wished to go alone to the land of the Danes, but his uncle the king had commanded that he be suitably companioned on such a voyage ...