Finn and Hengest

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Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode

Book cover of the 1998 Firebird Distributing paperback edition
Editor	Alan J. Bliss
Author	J. R. R. Tolkien
Language	English
Subject	Finn and Hengest in a historic context
Genre	Literature analysis
Publisher	George Allen & Unwin
Publication date	1982
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages	192 (paperback)
ISBN	0-0482-9003-3
Preceded by	Mr. Bliss
Followed by	The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays

Finn and Hengest is a study by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Alan Bliss and published posthumously in book form in 1982.

Finn and Hengest are two Anglo-Saxon heroes appearing in the Old English epic poem Beowulf and in the fragment of "The Fight at Finnsburg". Hengest has sometimes been identified with the Jutish king of Kent. He and his brother Horsa (the names meaning "stallion" and "horse") were the legendary leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon immigrants to Britain as mercenaries in the 5th century.