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Hrothgar's haunting description of the mere, a landscape of supernatural dread.
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Grendel's mother avenges her son; Beowulf descends into the haunted mere and slays her with an ancient giant's sword.
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Beowulf's descent and underwater battle; Hrunting fails, but he kills her with the giant-forged blade.
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