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Christianity In Beowulf

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The epic poem, written by an anonymous author around 500 A.D, before Christianity. Beowulf is the ideal hero and he fights to for his honor through his battles with Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the dragon. References to Christianity exist in Beowulf, and pagan influences are noticeable. Christianity, however, emphasizes the spiritual wealth of all man-kind. Grendel is the embodiment of cyclical warfare in pagan society. War is necessary in pagan society. Death and murder was repaid by death and murder and was in a constant cycle of revenge. The only way to end the cycle was to kill one of the families that kept murdering. In Beowulf, Christian values and the Germanic hero are blended together. Leadership, belief systems, enemies and the
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