This can be displayed in both the story and the book. In the book it talks in a scene where they practice their paganism by praying to different gods one being the devil and sacrificing prized animals like sheep and cattle. Also, another Paganism view would be of Grendel’s mother being a manipulative, wicked woman and how women were feared during the time. There is a Christian figure by the name of Wealhtheow in the movie showing the religion and views of it. She is the queen and wife of Hrothgar, who is the king of the land during time where Grendel continues to attack. Wealtheow represents Christianity in different ways, one being the conservative one that does not want to do things with the sinner and liar. That may be displayed as she gives no attention to Hrothgar, for he had slept with Grendels mother and Grendel being his son. Another scene where this may also be shown is, when Beowulf is to take over after Hrothgar jumps off the side of a mountain to his death. Now today you may see how popular the religion of Christianity is, but how it was not so much at the beginning of …show more content…
Small differences are able to be worked with but one major change can turn the whole plot upside down and begin to go off track very quickly. A turn in religion during the time may have faulted the story some but that was not able to be controlled due to the widespread of Paganism to Christianity. As for the golden cup goes, I would never want to be in the same area as something that is quickly followed by bad incidents and