Allusion any reference direct or indirect to a person, place, event, or character in history, mythology or sacred texts
- There are many speculations around who the author was for beowulf but it is thought that he wrote it to be modeled around pagen and norse mythology's german heroes. History suggest that the author was either a monk or a poet that was connected to the nobleman's court in central or northern England. Most of beowulf's script is suggestive to norse mythology and more specifically a story centered around a man who is the son of a dragon slayer named Volsung.