Beowulf Book Club 5: 1963–2591

This is a recording of the fifth session of our Beowulf Book Club.

This time, we covered:

• The “Ingeld episode” and Beowulf’s uncannily accurate prophecies

• The folkloric motif of Beowulf’s unpromising youth

• The death of Hygelac and the historical setting of Beowulf

• The parallels between the Baldr myth and the story of Herebeald’s slaying

• The Geatish-Swedish w…