It has been claimed that elements of Christianity were included in the story about Beowulf by Christian translators who sought to ensure the story complied with Christian religious beliefs. In this regard, Beowulf was portrayed as a representative of good. The monsters, on the other hand, represented evil in the Christian religious context.
The strongest connection between the monsters and Christianity was through the alleged relation between Grendel, Grendel’s mother and Cain, who in the...
It has been claimed that elements of Christianity were included in the story about Beowulf by Christian translators who sought to ensure the story complied with Christian religious beliefs. In this regard, Beowulf was portrayed as a representative of good. The monsters, on the other hand, represented evil in the Christian religious context.
The strongest connection between the monsters and Christianity was through the alleged relation between Grendel, Grendel’s mother and Cain, who in the Biblical story killed his brother Abel. The translator claimed that Grendel, Grendel’s mother and other monsters that existed were descendants of Cain.
On the kin of Cain did the sovereign God avenge the slaughter of Abel; Cain gained nothing from this feud and was driven far from the sight of men for that slaughter. From him awoke all those dire breeds: ogres, elves, and phantoms that warred with God a lengthy while; He paid their wage to them!
This was also the reason that the monsters were evil and only sought to disrupt the peace that existed by going on murderous campaigns against human communities. The dragon that battled Beowulf at the end of the story was also connected to the race of evil creatures that existed to torment God’s people.
The dazzling hoard was found standing exposed near that ancient evil one who haunts the burrows, blazing at twilight—the scaly dragonfiend, who flies by night robed in fire; the countryfolk hold him in awful dread.
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