[Imaginative]

Valkyrie: from the Poetic Edda, 13th Century Iceland. Winged angels discern who dies in battle; lifting the slain skyward, beyond the rainbow bridge, to Valhalla.

[Storytelling]

Beowulf: lost manuscript, 8th Century Anglo-Saxon. Epic poem of the hero, fighting monster and dragon, who is conquered by fate; the dawn of English literature.