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6/21/2025, 9:16:35 PM
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Well, Beowulf may have some literary traces of 'Berserker' character according to Norse sagas (Grendel and his mother have similar traits as well such as fighting savagely with bare hands and having a skin seemingly impervious to blades), but he's not told in a more direct way through the narrative that he's a Berserker.
He comes from the anglo-saxon material so the cultural link is close but not necessarily the same by the letter, but I concede/give you the implications can be meaningful enough.
He seems to be a literary heroic cognate to Bodvar Bjarki, sharing a number of traits with him, who's about as much a Berserker in the Norse sagas as it gets (he fights among other Berserkers and turns himself into a bear in one of the sagas he's featured). Both seem to be the inspiration for Tolkien's Bjorn too.
As for Beowulf's name, it means either 'Bear-wolf' or 'Bear of the honey', so the right relationship is to say it is cognate with the word Berserker (assuming the 'Bear shirt' meaning), so it's related rather than being its origin.
And yeah, I'd have liked Beowulf to have a bigger role too, or for Grendel and his mother to appear on a cool story/event or pseudo-singularity of sorts (even better if they turn out rollable). He's one of those 4 stars that do deserve a cool and more powerful 5* version as well.
Well, Beowulf may have some literary traces of 'Berserker' character according to Norse sagas (Grendel and his mother have similar traits as well such as fighting savagely with bare hands and having a skin seemingly impervious to blades), but he's not told in a more direct way through the narrative that he's a Berserker.
He comes from the anglo-saxon material so the cultural link is close but not necessarily the same by the letter, but I concede/give you the implications can be meaningful enough.
He seems to be a literary heroic cognate to Bodvar Bjarki, sharing a number of traits with him, who's about as much a Berserker in the Norse sagas as it gets (he fights among other Berserkers and turns himself into a bear in one of the sagas he's featured). Both seem to be the inspiration for Tolkien's Bjorn too.
As for Beowulf's name, it means either 'Bear-wolf' or 'Bear of the honey', so the right relationship is to say it is cognate with the word Berserker (assuming the 'Bear shirt' meaning), so it's related rather than being its origin.
And yeah, I'd have liked Beowulf to have a bigger role too, or for Grendel and his mother to appear on a cool story/event or pseudo-singularity of sorts (even better if they turn out rollable). He's one of those 4 stars that do deserve a cool and more powerful 5* version as well.
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