1. Evil in Beowulf
The Anglo-Saxons feared this evil creature deeply, referring to him as a relative of Cain. In the bible, the story of Cain and Able was held to be the Anglo-Saxons main image of what evil was. As said,"⁸Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field.... As being said, Cain and Grendel share this idea of a hostile behavior because of the feeling of being an outsider, in other words not being good enough. ... Also stated in the story of Beowulf it says, "The battle with Grendel's mother represents the initiation of Beowulf into full-fledged Cain-giant ho...
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