Beowulf and Norse Mythology

The Norse World In Beowulf, many beliefs had to do with Norse mythology, from the way they buried their dead to their thoughts on war and violence. In Norse mythology, a person’s honor depends on the way they die; a hero proves himself by dying while fighting the forces of evil, not by conquering it. (Hamilton, 444). Beowulf becomes a hero by dying while fighting the dragon. In most religions, Mythology is used to explain …

…their people warship and believe in most. Their religion begins and ends with violence, from the creation story to the death of all living creatures. Not just the myths of the gods, but the actual gods are very similar to the people who created them. These hostile gods were the humans only reasoning as to why the world was so harsh and inevitably a world that would end with the death of all living creatures.