Germanic peoples

businessperson should understand the context on how individualistic or collectivist the country is. It just so happens that Germany is also individualistic. The same idea of “self-actualization” is believed to be true in Germany. It should also be noted that people from Germany are honest and respect it if others are honest. Geert-Hofstede says it best when it says Germans are “honest, even if it hurts” (Geert-Hofstede, para. 5). When selling laptops in Germany, it would be best to look at the…

Descirbing Pomeranians Do you know what a Deutscher Spitz, Zwergspitz, Pom, Pom Pom, Zwers, or Tumbleweeds are? They are all different names for a Pomeranian. They have a great attitude that would meet expectations. They are not very big, so you could push them around in a stroller or you could move them around, or you even carry them in a purse if you really wanted to. They love exercise so you could take them to a park or outside for some fresh air. If you’re looking for a friendly,…

The Anglo-Saxons, burdened with poor soil and floodwaters in their native Scandinavia, fled to Britain after the Romans left in retreat because of their crippling empire, taking with them traditions of elaborate storytelling via epic poems and song. Putting into meter the major events of their tribe’s history, the scops transmitted these epic poems and songs from generation to generation in mead-halls, central gathering places similar to the courts of monarchs. Through this transmission from one…

Nordic Religions in the Viking Age provides context to the time period in which Sturluson writes his prose Edda. The ending of “Gylfaginning” is heavily influenced by Christian views that age in time. In his second chapter, DuBois divulges the extremity of Christian views of pagans. Pagan religion was a “real threat, even if it remained inferior to the might of the Christian God” (DuBois 39). Although Christians were confident that their faith was superior, the non-Christians’ commitment to…

help of the Danes” (Wright 35) which shows that he is giving his respects to God yet his people trust in only his protections as Beowulf has said, “King of the Danes, protector of fighting-men” (Wright 36). The same is true of the Geats. The only plausible explanation of these affiliations is to believe that the monks who first translated this text have added in Christian faith and that the Anglo-Saxon people were of a Pagan religion dedicated to following their…

his people, so he was seen as a brave and a powerful king. Beowulf also follows the cycle of heroes, which includes call to adventure, threshold, tests, final battle, return, and elixir. He is called to adventure when the monster named Grendel keeps attacking the Danish warriors, forcing king Hrothgar to ask for help since he wasn’t able to handle the monster himself. Beowulf was called to adventure after hearing about the horrible demon in Hrothgar’s kingdom.…

I guess people in the Anglo Saxons it was considered formal boasting therefore it was normal for people to be boasting about themselves and what they can do. In his bragging he never really mentioned the thanes that were with him fighting. To me he just seemed like some one that only cared about how good he was. Although Beowulf may have seemed conceded that was considered normal he was an epic hero. After all he did defeat the bad guy in the story he came to save the people who…

The notion of honor appears in many different forms through the ages. In Beowulf, an old Scandinavian legend, Beowulf’s speech in preparation for his fight with Grendel’s mother emphasizes the importance Beowulfian heroism places on glory and recognition; this sentiment closely mirrors that of the glory-driven Achilles of The Iliad and greatly contrasts with the soft modesty and chivalry exemplified in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In placing urgency on the preservation of physical entities…

A hero is defined as a man that possesses some extraordinary gift. For a person to be categorized as a hero one must have to courage to put their lives on the line to help others.Heroes are people who are there when you need help. Beowulf and Superman are some of those heroes, they both are brave. Beowulf is from Denmark. He is from the Anglo-Saxon time period. At a young age Beowulf was a mature and strong young man with everything going for him. Everyone said that he had the strength of thirty…

Each hero symbolizes their values by helping their people. Beowulf is characterized as the warrior’s spirit by the Anglo Saxons: loyalty, physical strength, and bravery are all traits he has. On the other hand, Sir Gawain is characterized by his representation in the medieval period which involves his loyalty, his physical strength, and his courage throughout the story. Even though both of our characters have the features of a hero, Beowulf encounters evil monsters whom he fought, which in turn…