1. Chapter 1: Beowulf and Formula

1.1 Formula and Formulaic System

1.2 Action-Pattern, Theme, Type-Scene, Motif

1.3 Structural Repetition

1.4 Story-Pattern, Tale-type

2. Chapter 2: The Half-Line Formula: weox under wolcnum (8a)

2.1 The Critical Background

2.2 Reading weox under wolcnum (8a)

2.3 Old Saxon: uuânum undar uuolcnun

2.4 Conclusion

3.1 Reading Fitt 1

3.2 Conclusion

4.1 Background

4.2 Reading the Sigemund-Heremod Digression

4.3 Under harne stan (887b)

4.4 The Charter Evidence

4.5 Conclusion

5. Chapter 5: The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga

5.1 The Development and Survival of Örvar-Odds saga

5.2 The Structure of Örvar-Odds saga

5.3 Genealogy

5.4 Örvar-Odds saga and Beowulf

5.5 The Five Fights

5.6 Conclusion

6. Chapter 6: The Formula Reformulated: Sellic Spell and The Hobbit

6.1 Sellic Spell

6.2 The Hobbit: Introduction

6.3 The Hobbit: Formula and Structure

6.4 The Hobbit: Theme

6.5 The Hobbit: Digressions and Episodes

6.6 The Hobbit: Story-Pattern

6.7 Conclusion