What kind of story describes heroic deeds of warriors and soldiers?

Beowulf, this is an old English poem about a hero set in scandinavia. The events described in the poem take place in the late 5th century, after the Anglo-Saxonshad begun migration and settlement in England, and before the beginning of the 7th century, a time when the Saxons were either newly arrived or in close contact with their fellow Germanic_peoplesin Scandinavia and Northern_Germany.Mostheroic movies and tales throughout the ages have been based on this hero indirectly The 13Th Warrior, The magnificent Seven, the Seven Samurai...etc.