Through animation, location footage, archive, and interviews, the Beowulf epic is examined in the light of the civilization that created it, the AngloSaxons. In this documentary, we investigate the AngloSaxons' religious beliefs, and their everyday life, and explore the suggestion that the poem may have roots in an even more ancient fertility cult.

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