The treasure hoard guarded by the dragon in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf was a mass of cursed gold, which myth told could only be uncovered by a chosen one of God himself. ... With their "gold-giver" dead, the Danes felt that no one but Beowulf would have been worthy to gift them with this treasure, so it was buried.
Beowulf then requests the Geats to bury his ashes after cremating him into rock mound. Therefore, a monument was built along the shore which served as a memorial of the great king. A funeral pyre is built and mounted various battle equipment by the Geatish warriors and the Wiglaf.
How does Beowulf want to be remembered? He wants to be remembered by a tower named "Beowulf's tower" built where he died so all the sailors can see it.
