- Which of these excerpts from Beowulf evidences both pagan and
Christian influences?
Dared to touch… Hrothgar’s glorious/Throne, protected by God…”
Grendel, who haunted the moor…/… and made his home in a hell…”
the poet’s clear songs…/recalling…/The Almighty making the earth…”
sacrificed to the old stone gods,… hoping for… the Devil’s guidance…”
Dared to touch… Hrothgar’s glorious/Throne, protected by God…”
Grendel, who haunted the moor…/… and made his home in a hell…”
the poet’s clear songs…/recalling…/The Almighty making the earth…”
sacrificed to the old stone gods,… hoping for… the Devil’s guidance…”