By almighty God, I'd rather burn myself than see/Flames swirling around my lord...¨. In lines 89-91 they use paganism because it is stated ¨And wondering what the bravest of warriors could do,/And sometimes they sacrificed to the old stone gods,/Made heathen vows, hoping for Hell´s...¨, the old stone gods are in fact the pagan gods. However, a difference in the role of religion is that Paganism is used more than christianity. In the scene where Hrothgar and Unferth are talking, Hrothgar mentions that they should pray to the pagan gods that things go well and then Unferth buts in and says ¨and to god¨ in the Christian way but then Hrothgar kind of shrugs it off and ignores him. This can relate to societies now because most areas use more than one religion and some areas still have a subtle war with
By almighty God, I'd rather burn myself than see/Flames swirling around my lord...¨. In lines 89-91 they use paganism because it is stated ¨And wondering what the bravest of warriors could do,/And sometimes they sacrificed to the old stone gods,/Made heathen vows, hoping for Hell´s...¨, the old stone gods are in fact the pagan gods. However, a difference in the role of religion is that Paganism is used more than christianity. In the scene where Hrothgar and Unferth are talking, Hrothgar mentions that they should pray to the pagan gods that things go well and then Unferth buts in and says ¨and to god¨ in the Christian way but then Hrothgar kind of shrugs it off and ignores him. This can relate to societies now because most areas use more than one religion and some areas still have a subtle war with