The concept of God in Beowulf and other Anglo-Saxon poems Is the concept of God only mentioned in Beowulf or is it a common element throughout Anglo-Saxon poetry? Is the concept of God described in the same way as Beowulf? Beowulf features a mixture of Christian and pagan elements. Hrothgar is clearly a monotheist, but these people were offering sacrifices to the pagan gods when Grendel drove them to despair. Let's try to clarify the concept of God in this poem. In the first lines of this classic we see what is meant by GOD and GOODNESS, as embodied or exemplified by the king, in this case by King Scyld Scefing: he grew up under the sky, he prospered in honors to the last of the neighboring nations beyond the Whale Road had to listen to him, pay him homage. He was a good king! A son was born to him, a glorious heir, young in the courtyards, whom God had sent to comfort his people, - well if he had seen the sinful anguish they suffered before, leaderless for a long time. Therefore the Lord of Life, the Ruler of glory, granted earthly honor:Beow was famous (8ff)Thus goodness in a king is the possession of such strength that other nations fear you. And God is the Almighty who grants this earthly honor shared by Scyld, Beow, Healfdene, and Hrothgar. So God, the Author of strength, is their concept of God at the opening of the poem. This idea continues: Then Hrothgar was given victory in battle (64). Who was the donor? God, of course. From Heorot Hrothgar would: share among young and old all that God had given him, except the common land and the life of men (71 ff) Heorot gave joy to the people with his scop by telling "how the Almighty had made the earth", the “He created life, in each species”, “until a certain began to do evil, an enemy of Hell”, a descendant of Cain. So the antithesis of God is in Grendel, his mother, and their “home in the dark.” After killing more than 60 Danish warriors, Grendel "did not grieve at all for his evil deeds - he was too immersed in sin"; many terrible sins against humanity, often committed by the solitary demon;” “he didn't know his love.