Throughout the whole book, but especially in the latter parts, I found the dependence, praise, and belief in God and His abilities more prominent that I had presumed it would be. The strong belief that God's will allowed those in the right to win. The continuous mentioning of God and his blessings. Even the mention that it was God's will the divined Beowulf's last day, and that His will could not be altered. The presence of a religious influence is highly active in this magical book with dragons and demons.
P.S. I commented on Sydni's.
The presence of multiple religions in the same work, still baffles me though. Paganism and Christianity being mixed in the same work is usually unheard of. At least in most of my readings, when a mix is used it is because the Pagan symbols represent Christian ideals, (Tolkien, C. S. Lewis). But even in those works they don't mix both sides together, it is either one way or the other.
ReplyDeleteI agree! One of my favorite lines in the poem talks about men finding friendship in God's embrace. It's a good line, but it doesn't seem like it was written by vikings. It adds merit to the idea that monks added to the poem.
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