The Epic Poem, Beowulf-God-Curseed Arch Warrior

God and Beowulf Beowulf, the epic of the god blessed warrior, is one of the oldest written manuscripts we have in the modern era. The epic, though comparatively shorter than most of it fellow stories such as the Iliad, contains a rather thrilling story of the hero Beowulf. Beowulf, the geat Arch Warrior, comes to those struggling in need and slays the monsters that perils them. Yet for all these great deeds, Beowulf does not claim them in his own honor, but of the Lord’s Graces. Admittedly, Beowulf was not a christian epic, but a pagan one. However, in its oldest iteration that we have, it is, and thus I shall conduct an examination on the clever writings of the Christian scholars who preserved this oral legend into christian writing. In the beginning of Beowulf, we already see praises to God and his holy works, and this foreshadows much of what the book dedicates special times to: Praise to the Lord Creator. Many characters either have a divine or …show more content…
Somehow, the servant had outsmarted the slumbering dragon and stole a golden chalice, one of many greed-glitters the dragon coveted closely. Thus his wrath was spurred an he went to work to sact the kingdom about his cave abroad, flattening forests and town alike. This here is interesting to note because the cave was said only to allow the dragon and those who god approved to enter. Thus meaning this slave, who randomly stumbled upon this cave of gold, was allowed by God to enter and leave safely. Aiding the meek, as one could say, for it later states the slave didn’t seek to cause wrathful vengeance. Another side note is that dragon is one of the many names of Satan, and could mean the dragon has more hellish origins instead of just being a winged lizard with tolkienism gold lust. With similes set and perspectives focused, could we how else Beowulf is