Also, the singer had to recount the story of the hero as it was and he was usually a very educated man with great knowledge of history and of poetry. (Snell, M)
It is believed that the Angles and the Scandinavians kept in touch and exchanged cultural experiences until the 7th century when the Angles converted to Christianity. (Snell, M)
The poem is very likely to have suffered changes as the years passed and many of the episodes that it contains in the present have been added by various writers and poets. Clearly, the poem had been altered by the...
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