Beowulf is an anonymous Old English epic poem. It is one of the most important works of Old English literature.
Sources for Beowulf (anonymous, Old English)
Beowulf (anonymous, Old English) in Epics
Held in the Epics chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Homer — The Iliad (−750)
- Homer — The Odyssey (−725)
- Epic of Gilgamesh (−2100)
- Virgil — The Aeneid (−19)
- Vyasa (attrib.) — The Mahabharata (−400)
- Valmiki (attrib.) — The Ramayana (−500)
- Luo Guanzhong — Romance of the Three Kingdoms (San Kuo) (1400)
- Ferdowsi — Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (1010)
- Elias Lönnrot (compiler) — The Kalevala (1849)
- Apollonius of Rhodes — The Argonautica (Jason and the Golden Fleece) (−250)
- Statius — The Thebaid (Seven Against Thebes) (92)
- Snorri Sturluson — The Prose Edda (1220)
- The Poetic Edda (anonymous, Old Norse) (1270)
- The Saga of the Volsungs (1270)
- Táin Bó Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) (1100)
- The Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) (1450)
- The Book of Dede Korkut (1300)