they had some crazy faith in him. They only thought him dead when blood surfaced on the water, not after him having not returned from the acid lake for over a day
Beowulf is famously constantly getting his swords lost and/or broken. That joke at the end is a little weird with that incredibly prominent theme in the poem in mind
I feel like he’s who Finn from adventure time was based off of, it makes sense if you think about it, Beowulf is a tough, blonde haired epic hero, monster slayer who always gains and loses / breaks his swords..Finn is the exact same.
For those that only saw the CGI movie. No Grendel's mom was not a hot golden lady, no Grendel was not Hrothgar's mutant monster son, no she and Beowulf did not bang, and no the dragon is not Beowulf's son.
In the movie version, yes but in the poem/story no. I agree. But the other version for the movie, you have to admit it was a good angle. Think of it as an AU story.
I always imagined a group of 18-25 year old guys riffing on the same story passed along over decades and one night a Very Drunk guy says “well, then grendel’s MOM showed up” and everyone loses their shit
While the CGI movie does deviate from the source material, I like where it went. Just because it's a different point than the book doesn't make it a bad point. They heavily implied that the king mated with the water witch and that Gredel was his son, and that the dragon we see later was the offspring of the water witch and Beowulf, perpetuating the cycle of men who'd rather have a good lay with the water witch than put an end to all the troublesome monsters. The king knew that Beowulf had just perpetuated the cycle, and so publicly named Beowulf his successor and then committed suicide, seemingly to laugh at the impending comeuppance beyond the grave.
Next episode, Grendel's father, then Grendel's brothers, then Grendel's 3 ugly cousins, then Grendel's father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate. Beowulf's going to be busy.
Seamus Heaney's translation of this story is one of my favorites. I bought it few years ago for a camping trip and read pretty much the whole thing by the time I got back home (it's only about one hundred pages long). Apparently, it's one of the closest written works that translates it near directly from the original text without adding/removing or editing too much. Worth checking out for anyone who's interested
Good to hear... I literally just bought it last night on eBay and am waiting for it to arrive Thursday! It seems to be the preferred translation among other translators. They say he found a way of keeping the original rules of verse, including stresses and page presentation, without losing the vim and vigor that an action poem should have. I read a sample section and yeah, it was like "Okay, no wonder Tolkien liked this stuff!" I haven't yet read Tolkien's Beowulf translation, but I'm sure that's comin'! :)
Regarding the swords: It's a Christian Message. Grendel and his Mother are descended from Cain, and the first sword Beowulf gets (Hrunting) is given to him by a pagan. That is why Grendel cannot be harmed by such mortal blades. Whereas magic sparkling sword from seemingly nowhere (read: God) kills her.
There's an awesome web game from the late 90s/early 2000's The I used to play in high school called "grendels cave" that is actually still active and still fun as hell to hop into every now and then
Plato once stated: "Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty"
I can't hear the Beowulf myth without thinking of this: "Monsters are getting more uppity, too (...) I heard where this guy, he killed this monster in this lake, no problem, stuck its arm up over the door (...) and you know what? Its mum come and complained. Its actual mum come right down to the hall next day and complained. Actually complained. That's the respect you get." Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
In the adaptation we read in Middle School, Grendel's Mother was a massive purple serpent with tentacles and long sagging breasts. It also said she had several other children with her consort Cain. Shit was weird. XD
I remember reading this in school and never finding an explanation of what Grendel's mother was supposed to be. Not even my teacher knew (then again, my teacher though "Mead Hall" was the proper name of Heorot). So she was a water witch?
Well technically the poem never actually says anything about what she is or what she looks like other than that she's tall. There are some kennings but it's unclear how literal they're meant to be. She's described as a sea wolf but like Beowulf also means bee wolf so. She does use armor and knives and in the poem Grendel not using weapons is a big part of his monstrousness so she could just be like a really powerful warrior like Beowulf himself.
You know I'm gonna keep the only thing that can kill me in my cave. Yhea that'll never come back haunt me... Maybe get a sword with a decent grip on it not just a over sized blade. Those things would be awful to fight with.
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Imagine your friend jumps in a lake of acid filled with monsters and you still wait a whole day for his return. True friendship.
they had some crazy faith in him. They only thought him dead when blood surfaced on the water, not after him having not returned from the acid lake for over a day
True friendship is when you jump in too.
Friendship? Nay...that's what's called loyalty
Must have been much longer than a day. A day to sink, then there was the fight, and swim back to the surface (while tired and weighted down).
I appreciate monsters always leaving around their lairs the one weapon that can slay them.
When I saw the title, "Grendel's mother reacts" i couldn't help but see Grendel's mother watching the last video on a mac.
If the Iliad was the first Epic, then Beowolf was the first episode of Jackass.
Some people just can't resist a dare.
It figuratively kills me that I can disagree.
Wouldn't the first epic be Gilgamesh? Or one of the ancient religious texts?
Gilgamesh, not Illiad
Hi, my name is Grendel and welcome to jackass
Next time: Will Beowulf be able to defeat Grendel's Grandmother?
I read the story in college. I think the next challenge is a dragon.
“Sins of the father!!”
Grendmother
@@gslidevideotester8592 lol yes!
"I am Grendel's mother's brother's cousin's nephew's former roommate!"
"What does that make you to Grendel?"
"Absolutely nothing!"
Beowulf is famously constantly getting his swords lost and/or broken. That joke at the end is a little weird with that incredibly prominent theme in the poem in mind
Must be a 1/2swordkind user
@@codebracker _I understood that reference._
I feel like he’s who Finn from adventure time was based off of, it makes sense if you think about it, Beowulf is a tough, blonde haired epic hero, monster slayer who always gains and loses / breaks his swords..Finn is the exact same.
For those that only saw the CGI movie. No Grendel's mom was not a hot golden lady, no Grendel was not Hrothgar's mutant monster son, no she and Beowulf did not bang, and no the dragon is not Beowulf's son.
Thank you. Straight facts.
I never wached the movie, but that sounds fcking cursed even for a myth
@@wafiqnasna4638 it's pretty fun with all the shouting and the monologues. Quotes like " I AM BEOWULF, AND AY AM 'ERE TWO KIW YO MOWNSTA!!!
I read a translation before watching the movie. Ngl I liked the movie's differences, but still love the original
In the movie version, yes but in the poem/story no. I agree. But the other version for the movie, you have to admit it was a good angle. Think of it as an AU story.
2:29-2:35 is SLICK! Such a smooth transform on that background. Well done, ya'll.
How much of a rob is it that Grendel's Mother just never got an actual name
That's some bull right there
I always imagined a group of 18-25 year old guys riffing on the same story passed along over decades and one night a Very Drunk guy says “well, then grendel’s MOM showed up” and everyone loses their shit
Her name was Angelina Jolie.
Her name is Merewif Literally "Waterwoman"
@@vardekpetrovic9716 That's still more of a title, though.
I think the woman in Eden suffered a similar fate
Beowulf's victory cry: "With my sword and head and your head held high!"
"With my sword and my other sword and my other OTHER sword and all those jewels and gold and horses Hrothar's men kept giving me..."
Beowulf, the greatest hero of the Geats!
**VALHALLA AWAITS YOU**
Another excellent mythology explained yet I can't help but notice the sword looks like the buster sword.
While the CGI movie does deviate from the source material, I like where it went. Just because it's a different point than the book doesn't make it a bad point. They heavily implied that the king mated with the water witch and that Gredel was his son, and that the dragon we see later was the offspring of the water witch and Beowulf, perpetuating the cycle of men who'd rather have a good lay with the water witch than put an end to all the troublesome monsters. The king knew that Beowulf had just perpetuated the cycle, and so publicly named Beowulf his successor and then committed suicide, seemingly to laugh at the impending comeuppance beyond the grave.
This Beowulf series makes me think that an extra credits D&D series would be great
Love this channel. I can't stop binge watching the series!
I see Grendel's mother added one downvote
And her ten sons also chimed in.
Her four slaves also chimed in
Before, or after her death?
Next episode, Grendel's father, then Grendel's brothers, then Grendel's 3 ugly cousins, then Grendel's father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.
Beowulf's going to be busy.
Seamus Heaney's translation of this story is one of my favorites. I bought it few years ago for a camping trip and read pretty much the whole thing by the time I got back home (it's only about one hundred pages long). Apparently, it's one of the closest written works that translates it near directly from the original text without adding/removing or editing too much. Worth checking out for anyone who's interested
Good to hear... I literally just bought it last night on eBay and am waiting for it to arrive Thursday! It seems to be the preferred translation among other translators. They say he found a way of keeping the original rules of verse, including stresses and page presentation, without losing the vim and vigor that an action poem should have. I read a sample section and yeah, it was like "Okay, no wonder Tolkien liked this stuff!"
I haven't yet read Tolkien's Beowulf translation, but I'm sure that's comin'! :)
This retelling of my favorite part of the story is amazing with your guys animation thank you for the hard work
Last time I was this early Carthage was the main power in the Mediterranean.
They could still have been if they went into the salt business.
Y’all should do the story Songtsen Gampo and how he made the Tibetan Empire, as no one really covers the history of the Tibetans
Loved that little Avatar reference in there 😊
Yes it made so happy
Gave me a chuckle too.👍
I liked the "mighty thews" Conan reference as well.
Gonggong 🤡
"Oh look. A sword that was probably forged by something other than a human. How convenient."
It was a sword so huge it must have been forged in a JRPG.
She is supposed to be Angelina Jolie. Lol
I was surprised there not more ppl making this joke
That blue sword looks familiar. I wonder if Beowulf has Calamity powers lol
Part 3- Grendel’s Father. Part 4- Grendel’s Brother. Part 5- Grendel’s Sister.
I suppose the lake is a legendary description of a real geothermal pool with highly acidic waters.
I love your guys take on this myth I can't wait to see how you end it
Hahahaha, love its Clouds Buster Sword :D
I thought I was the only one that noticed that
Regarding the swords: It's a Christian Message. Grendel and his Mother are descended from Cain, and the first sword Beowulf gets (Hrunting) is given to him by a pagan. That is why Grendel cannot be harmed by such mortal blades. Whereas magic sparkling sword from seemingly nowhere (read: God) kills her.
2:19 "So the warriors mount their horses" which are clearly donkeys
love extra mythology and history hope to see more!
Yes! I’m early. I had to read Beowulf in high school my senior year.
Me too :0
did you get the worm?
I read the wishbone version in elementary school
I was forced to read a shortened summary Rather than the full book.
I read Seamus Heaney's translation, and I can't say enough good things about it. It really conveys the epic poetry of the story.
3:45 Grendel's mom's spaghetti.
Anyone else find it odd that the Sword that saved Beowulf's life just happened to be lying around the lair?
I heard somewhere that she kept it with her so no-one else wouldn't get it
The last guy to try and kill dear ol' mom came better prepared.
Totally digging the Avatar reference.🤙
Nice one.👍
thank you so much for this, extremely helpful!
Grendel was such a mamma's boy.
the Simpsons did to a treehouse of horror segment with Bart as Beowulf and Skinner as Grendle and Agnes as the Grendle's mother
To be fair, is there any myth the Simpsons haven't done on ToH episodes?
@@gaiusjuliuspleaser no but they did the odessey and its new material for them to use
There's an awesome web game from the late 90s/early 2000's The I used to play in high school called "grendels cave" that is actually still active and still fun as hell to hop into every now and then
There is a lack of naked Angelina Jolie in this episode.
Beowulf, master of surviving thanks to a dare.
Thank you for making this video!🐱
That Avatar ref 🔥
Keep it up I'm a huge fan of yours you guys are amazing!!!!!
The thumbnail for this one is wonderful lol.
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)
I love these series
Next time Grandma will come around.
Plato once stated:
"Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty"
The perfect video to sleep to!
I can't hear the Beowulf myth without thinking of this:
"Monsters are getting more uppity, too (...) I heard where this guy, he killed this monster in this lake, no problem, stuck its arm up over the door (...) and you know what? Its mum come and complained. Its actual mum come right down to the hall next day and complained. Actually complained. That's the respect you get."
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
This is truly glorious
Grendel's mother is called Karen
"Water is her element", nice one!
Waterbending scene is awesome!
This is so much better than the movie!
Next time: Beowulf fights a Dragon!
And dies but he does it with style.
Awww yeah
Good stuff!😁
(Insert ammunition joke here)
What, no Grendel's Grandmother on night 3?
Instantly deletes units is op
And the award for World's First Mary Sue goes to: Beowulf!
There is confusion of which hands belong to whom in 8:08
I just started reading Beowulf when this video was released
re: your ad
Sadly, Trek Nation isn't available in the US anymore. I think Amazon scooped it up. Probably shouldn't include that in your pitch...
I would do an adaptation of Beowulf starring Popye with the Grendle's mother being the one who kidnapped Popye's father Pappy
This is better than reading the real thing
Frog approved
What kind of frog is that?
@@dreliq981 A dumpy tree frog 🐸
@@A_Frog thats one DUMPY looking frog 😋
Thanks, I heard that name before
In the adaptation we read in Middle School, Grendel's Mother was a massive purple serpent with tentacles and long sagging breasts.
It also said she had several other children with her consort Cain. Shit was weird. XD
A home mead kit? A jar, honey and spit?
I remember when I read the comic book for the first time in middle school omg it became my favorite book
Wow, last time I was this early the romans still controlled Rome.
but did you get the worm?
This early? I thought the Etruscans still ruled the land and called Rome a city of backwater back-alley no-good criminals.
what a legend, Beowulf looking at his instagram page will grendel's mother waits to cancel him
PANR has tuned in.
I like these stores they are so good 😃👍
I’m very disappointed this wasn’t a react video of Grendel’s mother watching the previous video
Well that's a jou mama myth i did not know about
LOVE these videos, but are you aware it is GRENDEL's head, not Grendel's mother's head, that Beowulf returns with to Herot?
Was coming here to say that.
✨Magical boi✨
It had just begun and they didn't even know it
“Ding Dong, the Witch is dead!”
I love how they portray one dimensional characters
I see grendel and his mom disliked the video
I remember reading this in school and never finding an explanation of what Grendel's mother was supposed to be. Not even my teacher knew (then again, my teacher though "Mead Hall" was the proper name of Heorot).
So she was a water witch?
Well technically the poem never actually says anything about what she is or what she looks like other than that she's tall. There are some kennings but it's unclear how literal they're meant to be. She's described as a sea wolf but like Beowulf also means bee wolf so. She does use armor and knives and in the poem Grendel not using weapons is a big part of his monstrousness so she could just be like a really powerful warrior like Beowulf himself.
How is Beowulf so strong?
I'm Danish and have lived my whole life in Denmark, but I've never even heard mention of this story.
It's an Anglo Saxon story; the Anglo Saxons originated from Denmark hence all the protagonists being Danes
Bro the avatar scene had me rolling
This part's end about the party being scared is also in Indian myrhology story related to the monkeys in ramayan.
Where can you find the tipi sultan video
But when will Agelina Jolie appear tho?
You know I'm gonna keep the only thing that can kill me in my cave. Yhea that'll never come back haunt me...
Maybe get a sword with a decent grip on it not just a over sized blade. Those things would be awful to fight with.
A home mead kit 🍯 🍻 now we're taking a good time.
Is this like a new development or...
I would write a story about the mother of Grendle being Nimue the lady of the lake
Am I the only person that thinks the part where a bunch of insects and snakes with inside of the acid liquid gross
That wasn't a gold CGI Angelina Jolie, man I can't wait for the Lies episode
If this was writen today, he would be called a Gary Stu
This is cool
If I could collect one thing, it would be swords
My dad used to told me Beowulf and Siegfrind tales at bed time