280 - Richard Rohlin - Universal History: Beowulf
The Symbolic World
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Beowulf and the Dragon
In the Beowulf poem, Grandal is frequently referred to as a demon. The language that's used for him is also used to describe demons and evil spirits in Anglo-Saxon literature. He eats humans, but he doesn't just eat humans, he drinks blood. This sort of cannibalistic blood drinking activity is one of the things that is described about the giants in the book of Enoch.
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