Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn

by R. W. Chambers

[126] See Heusler in Z.f.d.A. XLVIII, 62.

[127] Cf. on this Heusler, Z.f.d.A. XLVIII, 64-5.

[128] Cf. Skjoldunga saga, cap. XII; and see Olrik, Heltedigtning, I, 201-5; Bjarka rímur, VIII.

[129] Similarly Skáldskaparmál, 41 (44).

[130] Bärensohn. Jean l'Ours. The name is given to the group because the hero is frequently (though by no means always) represented as having been brought up in a bear's den. The story summarized above is a portion of Panzer's "Type A." See [Appendix (H)], below.

[131] ll. 704, 729.

[132] ll. 691-6.

[133] In the Beowulf it was even desirable, as explained above, to go further, and completely to exculpate the Danish watchers.

[134] From the controversial point of view Panzer has no doubt weakened his case by drawing attention to so many of these, probably accidental, coincidences. It gives the critic material for attack (cf. Boer, Beowulf, 14)

[135] ll. 2183 etc.