Editing Heorot (section)

{{short description|Location in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf}}
[[File:Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r.jpg|thumb|right|The first page of the [[Beowulf]] manuscript]]
'''Heorot''' ([[Old English]] 'hart, stag') is a [[Mead hall|mead-hall]] and major point of focus in the [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] poem ''[[Beowulf]]''. The hall serves as a seat of rule for King [[Hrothgar]], a [[legendary Danish king]]. After the monster [[Grendel]] slaughters the inhabitants of the hall, the [[Geatish]] hero [[Beowulf (hero)|Beowulf]] defends the royal hall before subsequently defeating him. Later [[Grendel's mother]] attacks the inhabitants of the hall, and she too is subsequently defeated by Beowulf.