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'''Wealhtheow:''' Hrothgar's queen, the mother of Hrethric and Hrothmund.<ref>http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beowulf/characters.html</ref>
'''Wealhtheow:''' Hrothgar's queen, the mother of Hrethric and Hrothmund.<ref>http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beowulf/characters.html</ref>
==Beowulf in Popular Culture==
In 2005 released Arclight Films ''Grendel and Beowulf'', a film based loosely on the Beowulf tale. As is typical with the rethinking of classics by Hollywood, things are not quite so clear cut in the movie. In this version Beowulf leads his "Norse" warriors accross the sea to battle a murderous troll named Grendel. Beowulf makes this journey out of loyalty to King Hrothgar, the much respected "Lord of the Danes". Beowulf finds that Grendel is an immense and murderous troll, but Grendel is a anti-hero worthy of sympathy. This is because King Hrothgar who has wronged Grendel is actually responsible for Grendel's rages. Beowulf is a heroic soldier but he fears and fights against a hero-myth is rising up around him. Selma the witch is Beowulf's love interest. Selma is part of a subplot that depicts Northern Europe falling prey to a new and dangerous "southern religion". The film empathizes with pagan traditions, and views the southern religion (Christianity) with some scorn and suspicion. <ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402057/plotsummary</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==