Kinship in Beowulf Long ago the Mongolian society was a tribal society. When families or tribes were under attack, every member of the tribe become one and avenged the attackers. In the Epic hero story Beowulf, there is kinship between the king and his followers. When the king was in the battle and was about to lose, every tribe except Wiglaf ran away. Wiglaf showed the great Kinship between him and his king by staying by Beowulf’s side on a crisis, killed the dragon with Beowulf and watched him died with glory. However, those tribes who ran away came back after the end of the battle and felt ashamed for Beowulf’s death. In Beowulf, courage creates kinship. “Remembering everything his lord and cousin had given him, armor and gold and the great estates Wexstan’s …show more content…
“Then the warriors rose, Walked slowly down from the cliff, stared at those wonderful sights, stood weeping as they saw Beowulf dead on the sand, their bold Ring-giver resting in his last bed;” (863-67). When Beowulf’s followers ran away, people may think they don’t have kinship anymore. However, they show their kinship toward Beowulf when they came back for him after the battle ended. Also, they felt guilty and ashamed for what they have done because of the kinship they felt between them and their king. Therefore, when people are cowardice, they still create a kinship since they are feeling ashamed for what they have done. Kinship is everywhere in Beowulf. Doesn’t matter if the tribe is brave enough to put his life in danger for the King in a crisis, or run away with cowardice, kinship still exists between them. When the tribe stays by the King’s side when the King is in danger, he is showing great loyalty toward the King; When the tribes run away from the King to save their lives, they are cowardice, but then they come back to the King after the crisis with shame and mourn for his death, which shows that the kinship exists in cowardice as