CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Critical Analysis

Critical Analysis

Syncretism in Beowulf

The concept of syncretism pertains to the mixtures of various beliefs, while melding the beliefs and activities of different disciplines and schools of thought. It might also refer to the analogizing and merging of numerous fundamentally distinct backgrounds and conventions, particularly in the capacity of mythology and theology of religion. Thus, it asserts the basic unity which permits an indulging approach into other beliefs and faiths in order to allow a combination of different religious practices.

The manuscript, Beowulf, was written about 1000 A.D. In the prevailing centuries, every year of the Anglo-Saxon life, witnessed the ...