Unferth tries to ruin Beowulf's glory by telling everyone Beowulf lost a swimming match against Breca. ... The characters of Beowulf follow the Pagan religion. Their Pagan beliefs are shown by the way they praise with rewards of gold and other material things of value. ... This act was a Pagan tradition. ... Pagans value gold to show praise and Christians do not. ...
Beowulf is an ideal hero of the eighteenth century. ... The most explicit example of this is seen in Beowulf. ... Beowulf lives in a pagan society where human beings are directed by a power outside of their control. These pagans believe in a type of uncertain destiny that is ruled by fate alone. ... Though it is quite evident that Sir Gawain places great faith in the aid of god on his journey, he does seem to resort to a pagan means in the later details of his journey. ...
The Celts (Britons) were the first inhabitants of the island, and were a tribal people with a pagan religion. ... Beowulf goes about fighting evil. ... However, the people who created the story, they practiced a Pagan religion, which idolized many gods and evils. ... Beowulf was an epic. ... The characters in Beowulf were broad. ...
