Eye of the tiger is a song composed of an american group known as Survivor. The song was composed by their lead guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterick and used as a theme song in the movie ROCKY III.
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According to beowulf, after killing Grendel's mother (modo in Old English) with an ancient sword that he had found He beheaded her. He cut her head off to present it to Hrothgar who was the king of Spears-Danes.