Christian Religion In Beowulf

Beowulf is a story that is ancient Germanic; the well-regarded Beowulf is still a pagan hero. Nevertheless, it is widely known that the transcription of the poem was thought to be by a Christian monk. This poem was most likely altered to assist new Christian’s in seeing that Beowulf’s belief was changing from polytheism to monotheism. In the poem, the poet’s use of the Christian religion does not take away from the pagan heroic code. The poet made the legendary Beowulf that Scandinavian people idealized slightly different by inserting new doctrine to help the evolution of the Christian beliefs, without destroying the poem. It was a way for the two religions to combine without too much disruption. When the monster Grendel is relentless with