A Comparison of the Runes and Magic in Beowulf and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki :: comparison compare contrast essays

Comparing Runes and magical in Beowulf and The Saga of powerfulness Hrolf Kraki There are runes and magic in the narratives of the meter Beowulf and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, an Iceland saga representing 1000 years of oral traditions prior to the 1300s when it was written. Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon narrative poem whose oral traditions date back to the sixth cytosine (Ward v1,ch3,s3,n11). Beowulf opens with a short account of the victorious Danish king Scyld Scefing, whose infidel displace-burial is described. His body was carried on board a ship, piled up with arms and treasures the ship passed out to sea, whence Scyld had arrived to the Danes as an abandoned child a liable(predicate) indication of a charmed, magical life. In The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki we meet Yrsa (also give in Beowulf), who is an impoverished child of uncertain birth (Byock xi) she later becomes poof another charmed life. unless re,markably she grows into one of the few women in the saga wh o do not employ magic. In Beowulf the reigns of Scylds son and grandson, Beowulf and Healfdene, are mentioned, and we wherefore meet Hrothgar, the son of Healfdene. In The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki we also meet a Hrothgar, but his name is abbreviated into Hroar. He and his brother Helgi saw their father, King Halfdan, killed by King Frodi, who would have killed the two sons except for the magic of the common Vifil with whom they were hiding. King Frodi, in his attempt to kill them, sought the aid of seeresses and soothsayers, and when that failed, of sorcerers (2). But the magic of Vifil was so strong that it obscured the supernatural vision of the women (witches?) Vifil knew that powerful liven have visited the island where he lived (3) and thus saved Helgi and Hroar. Later Hroar is a worthy figure, just as in Beowulf, ruling over the northern incline kingdom of Northumberland until forced into a disastrous conflict. Meanwhile, as kids, Hroar and Helgis sister, Signy, manifests an spiritual poetic ability of speaking in beautiful verses when Jarl Saevil is escorting a conclave to King Frodis celebration to me this seems magical. At Frodis feast a seeres named Heid is placed high up on a trance broadcast and asked to reveal any information about Hroar and Helgi.