<P> The final act of the Anglo - Saxon poem Beowulf is about the hero Beowulf 's fight with a dragon , the third monster he encounters in the epic . On his return from Heorot , where he killed Grendel and Grendel 's mother , Beowulf becomes king of the Geats and rules peacefully for fifty winters until a slave awakens and angers a dragon by stealing a jewelled cup from its lair in order to gain freedom from killing his brother . When the angry dragon mercilessly burns the Geats ' homes and lands , Beowulf decides to fight and kill the monster personally . He and his thanes climb to the dragon 's lair where , upon seeing the beast , the thanes flee in terror , leaving only Wiglaf to battle at Beowulf 's side . When the dragon wounds Beowulf fatally , Wiglaf slays it . </P>
<P> The final act of the Anglo - Saxon poem Beowulf is about the hero Beowulf 's fight with a dragon , the third monster he encounters in the epic . On his return from Heorot , where he killed Grendel and Grendel 's mother , Beowulf becomes king of the Geats and rules peacefully for fifty winters until a slave awakens and angers a dragon by stealing a jewelled cup from its lair in order to gain freedom from killing his brother . When the angry dragon mercilessly burns the Geats ' homes and lands , Beowulf decides to fight and kill the monster personally . He and his thanes climb to the dragon 's lair where , upon seeing the beast , the thanes flee in terror , leaving only Wiglaf to battle at Beowulf 's side . When the dragon wounds Beowulf fatally , Wiglaf slays it . </P>
where does the dragon in beowulf come from
where does the dragon in beowulf come from
a slave awakens and angers a dragon by stealing a jewelled cup from its lair
a slave awakens and angers a dragon by stealing a jewelled cup from its lair