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Beowulf: The Mysterious Fertility Cult Origin Of The Anglo-Saxon Legend | Beowulf (2022x107)

Air date: Sep 11, 2022

Through animation, location footage, archive, and interviews, the Beowulf epic is examined in the light of the civilization that created it, the Anglo-Saxons. In this documentary, we investigate the Anglo-Saxons' religious beliefs, and their everyday life, and explore the suggestion that the poem may have roots in an even more ancient fertility cult.