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About Beowulf: The Mysterious Fertility Cult Origin Of The Anglo-Saxon Legend | Beowulf

Through animation, location footage, archive, and interviews, the Beowulf epic is examined in the light of the civilization that created it, the Anglo-Saxons. In this documentary, we investigate the Anglo-Saxons' religious beliefs, and their everyday life, and explore the suggestion that the poem may have roots in an even more ancient fertility cult.

Beowulf: The Mysterious Fertility Cult Origin Of The Anglo-Saxon Legend | Beowulf is presented by Absolute History. Its listed runtime is 63 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, Beowulf: The Mysterious Fertility Cult Origin Of The Anglo-Saxon Legend | Beowulf uses beowulf, mysterious, fertility as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
Beowulf: The Mysterious Fertility Cult Origin Of The Anglo-Saxon Legend | Beowulf
Category
Society
Runtime
63 minutes
Language
English

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