Beowulf and Archetypal Evil

Activity: Talk or presentation / Performance / SpeechesPerformance, Talk or Presentation - not at conferenceProfessional

Description

Beowulf, the Geatish hero prominently featuring in the famous Anglo-Saxon poem of the same name, is one of the most successful monster-slayers in world mythology. Among other things, he manages to kill a horrifying troll from the swamps with no weapon but his bare hands. However, as he grows older, the hero’s powers diminish, and the poem concludes with a sense of profound mourning and loss. Using Jungian psychology, we will attempt to shed light on the nature of the successive forms of evil that Beowulf encounters. Furthermore, we will contrast evil as it appears in the thousand year old epic poem Beowulf with some (post)modern ideas about evil that we find in Sturla Gunnarsson’s 2005 movie Beowulf and Grendel.
Period12 Dec 2024
Event titleThe Embassy of the Free Mind: Soul’s Journey in Art and Text, Webinar 3
Event typeOther
LocationAmsterdam, NetherlandsShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational