Peaceweaver And Beowulf Comparison

For readers who enjoy stories of thrilling fantasy, Peaceweaver (Rebecca Barnhouse, 2012) is one such story. Barnhouse combines Norse mythology with a thrilling tale of two main characters, one you don’t meet until the very end. This story is a companion to The Coming of the Dragon, which is a retelling of Beowulf. You’ll find that a lot of the themes you see in Beowulf are quite occurring in Peaceweaver. Hild is sixteen and thrilled that she is starting to be seen as more than a child by her uncle, the king of the Shylfings. She has finally reached the point in her life where she is able to take her mother’s job in serving the mead in the hall. Hild tries to see good in all people, but is very strict in her loyalty to others. But when she found a determination to show the king how the women of the kingdom saw things, Hild decides to serve the mead to the one who deserves it rather than the one who was originally supposed to receive it. Rune, on the other hand, is an unlikely hero in a distant kingdom whom Hild is sent away to marry. He is also sixteen, but unlike Hild, he did not grow up in royalty. He grew up on a farm and was named the next heir to the throne when his king dies. As
This kingdom is far less extravagant due to an attack of a dragon – the cause of king Beowulf’s death, but that wasn’t her only disappointment. She soon meets the pending king, and he is not at all what she expects. He’s the sixteen year old, Rune, barely fit for the role of a king. Although her first impression of Rune was not what she expected, events turn for the better when she finds him in grave danger and arrives at the scene to help save him. Hild herself turns out to be the unlikely hero, not the damsel in distress that female characters so often are. This turns out to be a great theme in the novel, which is what really surprised me as a