[hinkley]

And there is also The 13th warrior, a screen adaptation of Michael Crichton’s ode to Beowulf, called Eaters of the Dead.

[dmckeon]

The first part of which (up to the flaming ship funeral) borrows from Ibn Battuta.

http://muslimheritage.com/article/ahmad-ibn-fadhlan-northern...

[Izkata]

Even aside from straight adaptations, the characters show up elsewhere - such as when Xena helped Beowulf with Grendel.

[narag]

Outlander (2008)?