Gold and gift giving is a great deal in Beowulf, it creates loyalty, status, and honorability to the giver or the receiver of the gold. In many scenarios in this book gold is used to add legitness to a situation. Usually if you have done something that’s worth receiving gold, you usually have reached the status of going to heaven and having a good afterlife. Gold and gold gift giving creates loyalty. Whoever gives the gift of gold is creating a bond between the giver and the receiver. It also makes the receiver loyal and owes his life to the giver. We see this loyalty from the king and the people that serve him. The men have dedicated their lives to serve and protect their king, and in return the kind will give them gift of gold to show his
