Beowulf is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature, and in this documentary, experts who have studied it’s Anglo-Saxon origins weigh in on its importance.
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Sodom and Gomorrah… another old ancient tale….
My feeling is that 'Beowulf' is older than scholars think, and the earliest versions may have been composed in the time period and locality of its setting, i.e. 4th/5th-century Scandinavia The 8th-century poet who composed the version we know best based his work on those early models, and it was probably the monk who wrote it down who shoehorned the Christian elements into it.
The 'reclamation' of ancestors is reminiscent of the modern Latter-Day Saints, who are interested in genealogy into to retroactively bring their ancestors into the fold.
I read of Beowulf in Saxo Grammaticus and the Lejre Kings. You can visit a reconstruction of the halls. They are spectacular
Thank you for sharing knowledge. Beautiful!
I was married to Grendel's mother.