The Scandinavian decent tribes depicted in the epic poem, Beowulf, extend from about 450 to 1066. ... All of these qualities are illustrated in this epic poem Beowulf. ... If you notice Beowulf begins and ends with the funeral of a great king. ... Finally, Beowulf describes this Scandinavian society converting to Christianity. ... A mixture of pagan and Christianity worshipping are evident in Beowulf. ...
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. ...
This idea of a burial mound is similar to what we saw at the end of Beowulf where we read: To the Anglo-Saxons, burial goods were considered practical items that could be used by the dead in the next life and the ship would be the transportation to that life. ... While this is considered a pagan form of burial, it is interesting to note that some of the items found at the site also had Christian associations. ... The largest of these is a seventy-two-centimeter-wide dish with maker's marks dating from the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I, Beowulf(491-528). ...
Early sounds and dialects affect modern language greatly. Without the written work of medieval period the influence of such dialects would be unknown. Many wars were fought and relationships made that can be credited with why early sounds and dialects expanded. Great works were done while using the ...
