Beowulf's Pride In Anglo Saxon Culture

Beowulf, a man of legend, was this biggest and baddest guy of his time. He was greatly respected by the people who surrounded him. Stories of his amazing feats still last to this day. He fought against vicious demons that were cast out of Heaven, and that wasn’t even the most amazing thing he did. In Anglo-Saxon culture, Beowulf was considered a hero, but that is not the case in modern culture.
The Anglo-Saxons took huge pride in their heroes. The Anglo-Saxons’ hero had to have been amazingly strong, intelligent and brave to be thought of as a hero. They also believed in dying while in battle in order to die with a lot of fame and glory.Every hero in Anglo-Saxon culture was a warrior. Beowulf embodied all three characteristics of an Anglo-Saxon warrior and hero. Beowulf’s story was so amazing to the Anglo-Saxon’s that they kept his story of going through word of mouth. …show more content…
Beowulf also fought against three amazing entities that he could have lost at. Beowulf had won every fight that is described in his story. In his fight against Grendel the Danes, the ones who enlisted the help of Beowulf, thought that Beowulf was not going to win the battle. They also thought he was going to die trying and maybe to take Grendel with them. Beowulf won that fight and shortly after he faced Grendel’s mother who was way more fierce than her son. Beowulf had also won that fight between that the two fighters. Grendel’s mother couldn’t even touch him. Then Beowulf, later into his prime, had to save his kingdom from a fire-breathing dragon. Even though he was a lot older at the time, Beowulf was still not afraid to go into battle with his life on the line. He was smart enough to bring a specially made sword for his last battle. His shield before would have burned a lot quicker, be he was prepared before the