Re: Orlanthi Boasting

From: danhalberd <dan_at_...>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:54:31 -0000


My favourite example of boasting is in Beowulf sections 8-9 where Beowulf describes his swimming race against Breca son of Beanstan. This exploit involves him swimming the Baltic whilst wearing a mail hauberk and carrying a sword, fighting and killing nine sea monsters during a storm at night and ending up washed up in Lapland.

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