Question about Beowulf?

Question

In the poem, what exactly is Herot?

Is it a city, or a different place? Is it a Person?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!! Unless you give a stupid answer that just wastes my time... Thank you

Answer 1

I believe what you are asking about is Heorot, which is the banqueting hall of King Hrothgar in the Old English poem “Beowulf”. The name means “Hart'' in the sense of a male deer or stag.

According to the poem the hall was built by King Hrothgar and will eventually be destroyed in fire, presumably in the forseen conflict between Hrothgar’s sons Hrethric and Hrothmund and Hrothgar’s nephew Hrothwulf.

In Scandinavian tales Hrothgar (called Hróar, Roas, and Roe), his brother Halga (called Helgi and Helgo), and Hrothgar’s nephew Hrothwulf (called Hróflr, Rolfo, and Rolua) are all pictured as reigning at Lejre on the island of Zealand. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lejre .

However the two large mead halls whose remains have been found at Lejre were not burnt, suggesting that the burning of Heorot in “Beowulf” never happened or that the historical counterpart to Heorot was somewhere other than Lejre.

Answer 2

Herot is the king's banquet hall.

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great info but  I didn't use wikipedia

Answer 3

Heorot is a mead hall described in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf as "the foremost of halls under heaven." It was built and presided over by King Hroðgar. Heorot means "Hall of the Hart". The Geatish hero Beowulf defends the royal hall and its residents from the demonic Grendel.