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What was stolen from the dragon's treasure hoard in Beowulf?
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Beowulf
Beowulf preparing to cut off the head of the monster Grendel, illustration from Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race, 1910.
In the Old English epic Beowulf, the dragon attacks the Geats after a thief steals a single cup from its vast collection of gold and jewels.1