Primitive Mentality In Beowulf

Ancient Mythologies show a primitive mentality

Beowulf never existed. The story is purely mythological. The story features dragons and we know they did not exist. Therefore, Beowulf never existed either. Beowulf is said to have fought a flying serpent. We have never seen one, therefore they did not either. The fact that they would tell such stories and believe them, shows a people who had a mindset we call primitive.
Ancient people had a knack for starting their histories with mythologies. They wrote about gods, dragons, and giants. Since we know that these things did not exist, it shows the primitive mentality of the people who wrote such tales. There is therefore
nothing in their stories that we can believe. What they called history, we call mythology. The story of the Iliad and Odyssey as told by Homer shows a primitive mentality. The stories were believed by the Greeks as serious history. The city of Troy, where the main part of the action of the Iliad took place never existed therefore the rest of the story is questionable. As time went on, the stories apparently became stretched with time and gods became involved as did mythological heroes. We therefore should not take anything these people said as having much value.
Unseen, unreal dangers – phobias – the ancients these had in abundance which shows they were intellectually feeble to the point of megalomania. Stories are told all over the ancient world dragons are found and their existence before the year 1600 doubted no one. Some examples from European mythology Sir Lancelot fought a dragon as did St. George. The missionary, Columba is said to have encountered one. While Columba is a real historical figure, St. George and Sir Lancelot are not.
In addition, the ancients believed in elves, dwarves, giants, fairies, and other unreal creatures such as demons and angels. In addition they all began their histories with stories of gods coming down from the heaven and starting mankind off on the path of civilization. In addition they all had a Flood story about a man who built a boat and he and his family and the animal that were with him were the only survivors. No such event could have occurred. There is no evidence for it, in addition no wooden ark would have been big enough too hold all the animals that would have had to have accompanied Noah and his family in the ark. In ancient folklore, Thor would eat his oxen and then touch their bones with his hammer and the oxen would come backto life. Such idiosity. In another myth, Jupiters head was burst open and out of the head popped Venus. We know such events come from minds that are primitive.
Lightening was caused by actions of the gods.
So were storms, earthquakes, the rising of the rivers, and eclipses. The stars were said to represent gods, mythological creatures, and heroes. Enlil, Jupiter, Zeus and Thor were said to be the god of lightening. Isis, Inanna, Minerva, and Aphrodite were said to be the goddesses of reproduction and frtility. The gods had the ability to fortel the future and they could communicate this ability to some initiated men by means of opening animals to see the colors of their intestines, or by going to an oracle to get a message from the gods. The Hebrews said that man and the animals were made of dirt which we know is not
true.
Archaeological evidence shows early man was primitive. He built such useless structures as the pyramids, the Nazca lines, and the Stonehenge. He used muscle power to do his work – either human muscles or those of animals. His graves show that he had many diseases and lived a lot of his life in misery. He lacked the use of electricity, the automobile, and airplane – all of which we have because we are more advanced. One of the most obviously mythological stories is the one about the Tower of Babel. They were planning to build a tower that would enable them to attain heaven. From this story comes the origin of languages as the project was stopped then the people could not understand each other’s speech. Today we know that language separation is caused when people move apart and develop different dialects which over time the speech becomes differentiated. Eventually these dialects become so different that people whose ancestors once had a common language can no longer understand each other.
It appears that no ancient group was free from these mythologies.
We find them universally imprinted on the minds of mankind. Free thinking as we know it did not exist. The river was god, the sun was god, and so was the moon and planets. Even today, many follow these stories in one form or another. Mythologies are still part of our lives today. The names of the days of the week, the months, place names – all contain a lot of mythological names. The names of planets, their moons, stars – many of them can be found in mythological stories. Religion in modified form still plays a big role in the modern world and all religions contain references to mythologies – eg, the Flood story and the story of a fall from a previous high golden
age.
It is the job of education to free one from these superstitions. Religion had been the cause of many wars and much misery. Once freed from these things, many of the problems mankind has had would disappear. As man becomes more educated, he begins to abandon many of these primitive, childish beliefs and embrace more healthy beliefs about his origins and purpose in the universe. As we free ourselves from mythologies, we can be expected to be guided by a more intelligent decision-making process that will guarantee us happier lives.
Science can explain everything. Scientific knowledge will free us. We will be able to advance unhindered. No more the shakles of superstition. Science will bring about peace on earth and cure our diseases. No more will we believe fairy tales and mythologies.