Beowulf Study Leads
to
Other Anglo-Saxon Poems
Serious Beowulf
study takes us to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England. This section
offers my translations of six other poems composed in Old English
between about 660 and 995 CE. They are:
About 30,000 lines of Anglo-Saxon poetry have survived. Of these, about
1/8 are secular (not specifically religious). Beowulf
is classed amongst the secular poetry, even though some readers find a
strongly religious, if not exactly Christian, feeling in it. Here you'll
find five other secular poems and one that's definitely religious - Caedmon's
Hymn.
In case you suspected the characters and tribes named in Beowulf
were made up, you'll find many of them also mentioned in Finnsburg,
Widsith,
Deor
and Waldere.
If you're looking for more evidence on the characteristics of an epic
hero, as seen by Anglo-Saxons, take a look at the behaviour and values
of the warriors in Finnsburg,
Waldere,
and The
Battle of Maldon .
These translations, introductions and commentaries are from The
Book of Beowulf, (Cayuga, Ontario: Copyright 2007) by Michael Walton. You may use
them for an essay or private Beowulf study, but not
commercially. Do credit your source!
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