CLT-3378 Lecture Notes - Warrior Kings, Iliad, Unit
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Theme unit 3: later material (other parts of the world) myths as told by cultures that is not from original myth place. 1 song of higaldu (peace between two and then fight started over and everyone died) Both songs foreshadow with beowulf and the dragon later. The king who was killed by his own people (bad king) basically says that don"t be a bad king they will kill you (sigmund) and wont be remembered. Grendel is troll-like that beowulf fights without weapons. Heorot: in denmark (one of the islands) Beowulf is from geatland or near modern-day sweden. Grendel attacks them because he doesn"t like the noise they are making and specifically the singing (singing the hymns how god created the world, etc. ) and doesn"t like christian things. Heroism: beowulf is hero that he saves people and slays monsters, when he arrives, he has a reputation that people heard of (talks to.
