<P> J.R.R. Tolkien's long - awaited translation (edited by his son, Christopher) was published in 2014 as Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary . This also includes Tolkien's own retelling of the story of Beowulf in his tale, Sellic Spell . </P> <P> Maria Dahvana Headley published' The Mere Wife' in 2018, retelling the story from the point of view of Grendel's Mother . </P> <P> Neither identified sources nor analogues for Beowulf can be definitively proven, but many conjectures have been made . These are important in helping historians understand the Beowulf manuscript, as possible source - texts or influences would suggest time - frames of composition, geographic boundaries within which it could be composed, or range (both spatial and temporal) of influence (i.e. when it was "popular" and where its "popularity" took it). </P> <P> There are Scandinavian sources, international folkloric sources, and Celtic sources . </P>

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