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Many Pagan and Christian beliefs and Elements can be found throughout Beowulf. The Viking form of Paganism involved respecting their Gods, honoring them, and perhaps sacrificing to give thanks or ask favor. The Gods were more powerful than men, however, they were not all-powerful, all knowing, or all good. Christians, on the other hand, believe in One God who created the entire Universe; they also believe in the authority of the Bible, and their entire protection is in His hands. Within the first ten lines of The Wrath of Grendel, a chapter in Beowulf, there is a reference to the Christian God supporting the belief that one God is responsible for the making of the entire universe.
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