Hello folks. I'm new here, and I was actually planning to make an introductory post -- up until I saw this post about Beowulf.

I am THRILLED they might even make a movie about Beowulf, and would love some of the other sagas made into movies.

I believe Beowulf's sword was named Naegling.

Dealing with Grendel, have any of you read the book "Grendel" by John Gardner. I would HIGHLY recommend this book. In it, yes, Grendel is a "monster" but John really goes into an excellent story telling basically the Beowulf saga from Grendel's perspective.

I loved the part when Grendel was recounting when he'd first seen Beowulf's longboat cutting through the water towards the beach, and they were rowing so hard and with such force the sailors beached about 2/3 of the boat up onto the sand, then Beowulf jumps out and Grendel's description of him at first glance as the biggest man he'd ever seen, etc.

It was very well written and insightful in a lot of areas. Gardner did an excellent job of retelling the story from the misunderstood monster's point of view.