Dad Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Most epic Christian of all time. IF you've not read it, go do so. Epic epic poem is epic. cwutididthar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuldur Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Saw the movie. Egill Skallagrímsson was better though. Killed a guy when he was 7 because the guy was better than him at some sport. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaos Pudding Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Except that there's no way to prove if the original epic poem, which would have been passed down orally at first, had those Christian elements. Most likely, when it was first put down in writing, it was done so by a monk, who replaced the pagan elements with Christian ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Except that there's no way to prove if the original epic poem' date=' which would have been passed down orally at first, had those Christian elements. Most likely, when it was first put down in writing, it was done so by a monk, who replaced the pagan elements with Christian ones.[/quote'] A lot of the pagan elements are still in the poem. :/ But the story is pretty epic nonetheless. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaos Pudding Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Except that there's no way to prove if the original epic poem' date=' which would have been passed down orally at first, had those Christian elements. Most likely, when it was first put down in writing, it was done so by a monk, who replaced the pagan elements with Christian ones.[/quote'] A lot of the pagan elements are still in the poem. :/ But the story is pretty epic nonetheless. <3 No one's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Except that there's no way to prove if the original epic poem' date=' which would have been passed down orally at first, had those Christian elements. Most likely, when it was first put down in writing, it was done so by a monk, who replaced the pagan elements with Christian ones.[/quote'] A lot of the pagan elements are still in the poem. :/ But the story is pretty epic nonetheless. <3 No one's perfect. Of course not. Except Grendel. He was one of my favorite villains in all of the epics that I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azmodius Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 He was pagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 He was pagan. Go read the story again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I only watched the film to see Angelina Jolie naked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azmodius Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 He was pagan. Go read the story again. The story was recorded and christianized from the pagan version. The actual story was created before christianity came to Scandinavia. In the story he is a christian, but he was actually a pagan, or the story came to be pre-christianity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemniscate Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I liked the story, but my English teacher that year went overboard with analysis.She started getting symbolism from things like the color of scenery.At that point, I tuned out, and vowed never to read Beowulf again. It's really a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoshIcy Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I only watched the film to see Angelina Jolie naked. There's better options out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willieh Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Beowulf was too long, boring, and old for me to enjoy. =\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Altair Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I only watched the film to see Angelina Jolie naked. I didn't watch the movie and I only want to see Jolie naked in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
六兆年と一夜物語 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 WHUT IZ BEA OH WOLF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 WHUT IZ BEA OH WOLF? Keep your ignorance out of my thread. He was pagan. Go read the story again. The story was recorded and christianized from the pagan version. The actual story was created before christianity came to Scandinavia. In the story he is a christian' date=' but he was actually a pagan, or the story came to be pre-christianity.[/quote'] Scandinavia? Is that where it was written? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
六兆年と一夜物語 Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 WHUT IZ BEA OH WOLF? Keep your ignorance out of my thread. I'll keep my ignorance when you retain your sense of fucking humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 WHUT IZ BEA OH WOLF? Keep your ignorance out of my thread. I'll keep my ignorance when you retain your sense of fucking humor. I'll retain my funking sense of humor when you grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azmodius Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 WHUT IZ BEA OH WOLF? Keep your ignorance out of my thread. He was pagan. Go read the story again. The story was recorded and christianized from the pagan version. The actual story was created before christianity came to Scandinavia. In the story he is a christian' date=' but he was actually a pagan, or the story came to be pre-christianity.[/quote'] Scandinavia? Is that where it was written? No, I don't think so. But he was a Swede and came to Denmark. It was told by the norse, and the saxons who setteled Britain and came from Denmark and Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Berserker- Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I haven't read it, or watched the movie. But I'm sure he cannot beat Sigfried and Gilgamesh together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 WHUT IZ BEA OH WOLF? Keep your ignorance out of my thread. He was pagan. Go read the story again. The story was recorded and christianized from the pagan version. The actual story was created before christianity came to Scandinavia. In the story he is a christian' date=' but he was actually a pagan, or the story came to be pre-christianity.[/quote'] Scandinavia? Is that where it was written? No, I don't think so. But he was a Swede and came to Denmark. It was told by the norse, and the saxons who setteled Britain and came from Denmark and Germany. I knew about the Sweden and Denmark part. The norse? News to me. =o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azmodius Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 WHUT IZ BEA OH WOLF? Keep your ignorance out of my thread. He was pagan. Go read the story again. The story was recorded and christianized from the pagan version. The actual story was created before christianity came to Scandinavia. In the story he is a christian' date=' but he was actually a pagan, or the story came to be pre-christianity.[/quote'] Scandinavia? Is that where it was written? No, I don't think so. But he was a Swede and came to Denmark. It was told by the norse, and the saxons who setteled Britain and came from Denmark and Germany. I knew about the Sweden and Denmark part. The norse? News to me. =o All of the people come from the Germanic peoples. It was also told by the norse, like y'know, vikings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 WHUT IZ BEA OH WOLF? Keep your ignorance out of my thread. He was pagan. Go read the story again. The story was recorded and christianized from the pagan version. The actual story was created before christianity came to Scandinavia. In the story he is a christian' date=' but he was actually a pagan, or the story came to be pre-christianity.[/quote'] Scandinavia? Is that where it was written? No, I don't think so. But he was a Swede and came to Denmark. It was told by the norse, and the saxons who setteled Britain and came from Denmark and Germany. I knew about the Sweden and Denmark part. The norse? News to me. =o All of the people come from the Germanic peoples. It was also told by the norse, like y'know, vikings? I understand that much. So, this was down from Vikings originally, then the monk? No wonder it's been changed. -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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