I Try to Explain Beowulf

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2 ай бұрын

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Recommended Reading on Beowulf:
Beowulf: Translation and Commentary by Tom Shippey & Leonard Neidorf
Beowulf and the North Before the Vikings by Tom Shippey
Thanks to Adam B from Ludohistory for helping me with my research. Check out his channel!
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@boris_bulletdodger9109 2 ай бұрын

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@langnigga 2 ай бұрын

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@SirojBazarov-ze6tc 2 ай бұрын

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@DaGonkman 2 ай бұрын

Beowulf be like: *I HEARD YOU TALKING SHIT!* **Random Guitar shredding**

@AaronCorr 2 ай бұрын

"What's he gonna do? T-pose on Grendel?" Jesus Christ, what a burn

@Boss_Isaac 2 ай бұрын

Poor JC. You'll get em to your side in the next few centuries, don't despair. Seeing Jesus being majorly-bummed at the Danes' not vibing with him and the Monotheism™ was great XD.

@Jorbanana 2 ай бұрын

He really nailed that delivery.

@user-fl3oc1bw3u 2 ай бұрын

@@JorbananaCOME ON MAN 💀

@AtlasGamingTX 2 ай бұрын

@@JorbananaNAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

@spencermanning9994 2 ай бұрын

@@JorbananaI see what you did there.

@jargontrueseer 2 ай бұрын

I slammed the thumbnail as soon as I saw it and then instantly fell back into my depression when I saw it hadn't been published yet.

@MaddoxSwift 2 ай бұрын

You too?

@dearlordkillme607 2 ай бұрын

❤

@Jamal_Quantavious Ай бұрын

Me when premiere:

@TAP_ME_TO_GET_FREE_60K_ROBUX 25 күн бұрын

The Video was 1 month ago but this comment is 2 momths ago

@pixlegang 22 күн бұрын

Lol same

@ozzelot3349 2 ай бұрын

I love how Beowulf's full battle gear features his mustache.

@cheyenne6913 2 ай бұрын

It reminds me of the Sutton Hoo helmet, which actually does feature a mustache lol.

@IaMaPh1991 2 ай бұрын

@@cheyenne6913came here to mention that very helmet

@brotherhogan6880 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone else remember watching the 2007 weird animated movie with Angelina Jolie

@jeffreyherrera5069 2 ай бұрын

Even child Beowulf has a big mustache 😂

@cristianespinal9917 4 күн бұрын

Doesn't yours?

@tylerray1368 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this one, I'm crying. When my grandmother was moved to the nursing home for her dementia, I would come every week and read a chapter of Beowulf. It became our thing for nearly a year, until she passed away, and other patients would join in so it became a pseudo-bookclub. This brought back some good memories.

@BMCKINN7 2 ай бұрын

Happy for the memory candy. Rip grammy ✌🏾

@AhmadLad 2 ай бұрын

May she rest in peace.

@jaxjaxattaxx 2 ай бұрын

So much love to you ❤

@YaBoiBaxter2024 2 ай бұрын

RIP

@Kilroyan 2 ай бұрын

That is a beautiful memory, thank you for sharing

@JakeDoubleyoo 2 ай бұрын

Well I'm glad people are at least making more Gyatt jokes than Gay-at jokes.

@pansexual_pumpkin 2 ай бұрын

I saw this as I was gonna write 'I too am gay at land' and I feel strangely called out lol

@TheRezro 2 ай бұрын

Well, it is one of those cases when Hollywood adaptation is actually better.

@rowanbarnfather7776 2 ай бұрын

Geat is pronounced more closely to “yate” weirdly enough

@Donut-Eater 2 ай бұрын

@@rowanbarnfather7776 there are multiple pronunciations

@legueu 2 ай бұрын

My gay hat is happily married.

@alexrexaros9837 2 ай бұрын

I like Grendel. They never bothered to explain what he was except some hell spawn-thing. Clearly, writers of old did not predict the 21st century fantasy craze and nerds.

@Serpentking789 2 ай бұрын

I think the popular answer nowadays is some primal mix of Swamp Troll and Ogre, possibly with a bit of Dragon mixed in for immunity to conventional weapons.

@ecurewitz 2 ай бұрын

All he wanted was to get some sleep without some stupid jerk face Danes waking him up each night with their constant partying

@jeffreyherrera5069 2 ай бұрын

Well, he was supposed to be a descendant of Cain.

@Serpentking789 2 ай бұрын

@@jeffreyherrera5069 Oh yeah, I remember hearing/reading about how J.R.R. Tolkien got the word "orc" from the Olde English "orc-néas" (roughly meaning "hell-devils" or "demon-corpses") used to describe the descendents Cain (i.e. Grendel, his mother, and apparently Elves) in this very poem.

@jeffreyherrera5069 2 ай бұрын

@@Serpentking789 And I'm going based off memory, since I haven't read the Beowulf text since my college days. But I do explicitly remember seeing the part where it describes Grendel being of Cain's line.

@johithestar414 2 ай бұрын

"I am Ripper... Tearer... Slasher... Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!"

@JustSoullo 9 күн бұрын

I AM THE RIPPER,TEARER,SLASHER,GOUGER..I AM THE TEETH IN THE DARKNESS THE TALONS IN THE NIGHT AND THE WINGS IN THE LIGHT AND THE HEAVENLY VIRTUEE!! ASTRIFFFFF!!

@JakeDoubleyoo 2 ай бұрын

Reuploaded because I noticed a mistake.

@Pizzagobbler95 2 ай бұрын

What is Beowulf exactly Jake ?

@JakeDoubleyoo 2 ай бұрын

@@Pizzagobbler95 Idk

@MonkeyGaming262 2 ай бұрын

@@JakeDoubleyootop answer

@Pizzagobbler95 2 ай бұрын

How did I get noticed by someone in a matter of minutes ?

@object-official 2 ай бұрын

@@JakeDoubleyoohi jake

@challengeaccepted5613 2 ай бұрын

"Hey aren't you that plank god?" "Father send this one back to hell"

@birdmcturd1626 2 ай бұрын

Jesus is too chill to do that

@RedStar441 2 ай бұрын

Jesus, god of carpenters and lifting

@sketchy5617 2 ай бұрын

The fact that Beowulf just couldn’t come up with one liners in every situation is just so funny to me

@tourmalineii4134 2 ай бұрын

8:20 The goddamn Berserk 2016 reference with the loud clanging was masterful, thank you, lmaooo

@tinagoli5375 2 ай бұрын

beowulf looking like a norseman who got zipped into the dragonball universe (dw, i mean this as a compliment, i love your art jake)

@legoking6165 2 ай бұрын

Huh. He kinda does. God rest Akira Toriyama's soul.

@ikea.wiking 18 күн бұрын

great work indeed

@Jamesssssssssssssss 2 ай бұрын

The Ugandan Knuckles shield is perfect.

@josefstark8056 2 ай бұрын

So it wasn't pareidolia!

@KlaxontheImpailr 2 ай бұрын

😂

@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070 2 ай бұрын

omfg

@OptimusPhillip 2 ай бұрын

Dude's really committed to the 4:3 bit, isn't he? Loved this video. I actually read an abridged version of Beowulf in my English Literature class in high school. You really did it justice. Especially the parts where the Christian monks transcribing the story took jabs at Germanic paganism.

@mon_moi 2 ай бұрын

I love the detail you put into the hilt of the bigass sword that killed Grendel's mum. In the original text it, the carvings on the hilt depicted the flooding of the Earth and the destruction of the Biblical giants, and i can see glimpses of that at 9:41. Awesome attention to detail. Not to mention the lack of wings on the dragon, since Germanic wyrms don't always have wings

@kunknown2340 12 күн бұрын

but... the dragon has wings at 10:51

@mathieuleader8601 2 ай бұрын

That stair lift was a great gag

@Kilroyan 2 ай бұрын

That joke was so good, I looked away for a moment at that point and just by the sound of it I instantly got the joke and laughed real hard

@dasarath5779 2 ай бұрын

well done on the visuals. tying in germanic archeological finds into various little details is awesome

@ivanbluecool 2 ай бұрын

Beowulf video:(gets back up) i didn't hear no Bell

@user-ui5nk3md4d 2 ай бұрын

that was amazing and really well animated! Well done! “what’s he gonna do, tpose on him?” 💀

@guillermoletsworkitout3522 2 ай бұрын

Beowulf looks like hulk hogans great grand daddy

@AtlasGamingTX 2 ай бұрын

TODAY IS THE DAY BROTHERS, FOR THE GRAND MYTH OF BEOWULF! MARCH 23RD!!!

@Boydar 2 ай бұрын

I like that you draw your characters with helmats on when they're supposed to have them

@yannerszamn 2 ай бұрын

love the 4:3 aspect ratio style!!!

@Maussiegamer 2 ай бұрын

why

@cutmanlight1400 2 ай бұрын

@Maussiegamer why not?

@Maussiegamer 2 ай бұрын

@@cutmanlight1400 it doesn't cover the full screen and when you are in vertical mode the top left and top right corners are cut off making the text difficult to read

@Hasemann1 2 ай бұрын

The Knuckles shield was great!

@juanisol8275 2 ай бұрын

Bloody Bad-Ass of Epicness!!! What a Blast from The Past! It whas like back when i read Beowulf!!! Trully the living imagine of what i remember it! Cant wait too see your interpretation of Die Nibelungenliend! Long Live Beowulf and Blessed Christ!

@JakeDoubleyoo 2 ай бұрын

I'll never understand how highschool teachers manage to make people think Beowulf is boring.

@juanisol8275 2 ай бұрын

@@JakeDoubleyoo Agreed, i belive it because they take the rule very literally , instead of sharing properly that wonderfully grace...The funny enough, it invites renegades to exploit it at their own expense and making groovy stuff like this!!! 😎👍

@landofthehazymist 2 ай бұрын

@@JakeDoubleyooto be fair their honed ability to make anything boring is of well renown

@heftylad 2 ай бұрын

0:25 Woden/Odin spear dancer with accurate double crow head headdress is a nice touch I'm sure will go underappreciated. Thank you.

@jaxjaxattaxx 2 ай бұрын

Can we please, please, PLEASE appreciate Jake’s escalating talent and skill for animation, voice acting & storytelling? 😭😭😭 Literally every video just gets better and better in its quality with his edits, and the moment that really confirmed this was 4:30. Unless I missed a video, I’ve never seen Jake animate something like that burst so fast and so well and it was just PERFECTION 😭😭😭🖤

@oblivion715 2 ай бұрын

RIP to Hondscio. He will be missed.

@localgiant 2 ай бұрын

TheSailor Moon blanket is killing me 10/10 Perfection

@DasWarVorbestimmt 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate the Berserk style "CLANG" 😂

@JoshuaAndres 2 ай бұрын

Guys IS based on Beowulf (I think)

@DasWarVorbestimmt 2 ай бұрын

@@JoshuaAndres I don't think so, but please tell me, where do you see similarities?

@JoshuaAndres 2 ай бұрын

@@DasWarVorbestimmt giant sword, great warrior, monster slayer, member of a mercenary band

@DasWarVorbestimmt 2 ай бұрын

@@JoshuaAndres I don't recall beowulfs swords being described as giant or huge. And apart from the last one, all of them are fairly standard for a fantasy setting.

@NorskaFjordskaOfficial Ай бұрын

0:01 “In the mythical land of Denmark” Me, a Norwegian: *«Thank god it was just a nightmare»*

@justinsmith7674 2 ай бұрын

Jesus has feelings, too, Amen 🙏

@theretardking3801 2 ай бұрын

Amen

@skentt 2 ай бұрын

This is literally 10th century Skyrim.

@PiplupPeanut 2 ай бұрын

0:13 “Yes, all of this will be on the test.” As an English major, he’s not joking. It will be on the test.

@harcoonlove4291 2 ай бұрын

YESSSSSS I've been wanting to learn about Beowulf since I read book one of the Skyward Series like 4 years ago!!! Thanks Jake!!!!!! Now I see why Spensa determined to never be without a oneliner.

@FeltDownHard 2 ай бұрын

I really like the attention to detail in the drawings. The clear reference to the boar helmets is nice to see!

@PepsiMan-xx4sv 2 ай бұрын

Must’ve been hard to resist pronouncing it ‘gyattland’

@DracoMaverick Ай бұрын

When your literature class lesson actually has a cool story you're into.

@th3g4mingexp3rt5 2 ай бұрын

Literally amazing! I’ve been showing a lot of my friends your channel because of how much I love your videos!!!! Keep them coming please!

@Gerald22222 2 ай бұрын

Your animation comedy and art are getting really good.

@MrMighty147 2 ай бұрын

You're outdoing yourself with every new video! These are so amazing, every single time.

@el_jim1479 Ай бұрын

Not gonna lie I love how epic you narrated this one, specially the part in which Beowulf explains the swimming story. Your content has always been good but the last months you've been making FIRE dude. Keep it up!

@albertdelumen9777 2 ай бұрын

Grendel casually speaking japanese is top-tier humor

@user-uv4zv5eo4f 2 ай бұрын

One of Beowulfs knight friends has a shield that looks like Ugandan Knuckles

@calebfouts7118 2 ай бұрын

He does it again!!! Watched it after it premiered and wanted to come back and leave a nice comment. Your content is great and I hope you continue to make more of it!!!

@VabieTha-ds6vl 2 ай бұрын

This gonna help in my churches trivia :D

@Toxilyn 2 ай бұрын

I love your Historical correct armors and outfits. Makes me vwry happy.

@dino_sweater 2 ай бұрын

The text on the guys shield that’s green says “skild” like skilled but shorter because it’s cool 😎🔥💯💯

@meneermeyer 2 ай бұрын

Never has there been so much laughter at the telling of Beowulf 😂🤣 Awesome video, great job!

@Tanystropheus10 2 ай бұрын

Your improving at a wonderful rate oh my

@giorgiociaravolol1998 2 ай бұрын

2:10 I noticed the reference to Ugandan Knuckle. Well played sir

@IaMaPh1991 2 ай бұрын

Who knew that Berserk was making a Beowulf reference all this time

@k1ssmyfast 2 ай бұрын

I love this damn channel, uploads are worth the wait.

@user-uy8xr4sj5t 2 ай бұрын

Probably one of your best vids yet

@junratilla3190 2 ай бұрын

i see that you put even more effort into what the characters look like great job

@aglimmerofhope5321 2 ай бұрын

Loved your translation. Wish I'd had a teacher like you. L&S. TC. 😄👍 (over from reddit btw)

@yournamehere100 2 ай бұрын

i love these videos. great work!

@Revran 2 ай бұрын

The most accurate Modern English retelling of Beowulf to date.

@Paprika_Gaming 2 ай бұрын

Wow. What an awesome video. Very inspiring!

@rosewater226 2 ай бұрын

YOU PUT THE WELCOME MAT IN FRONT OF THE LAKE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🥰

@Jomz107 2 ай бұрын

This video is a lifesaver, we have a long test about Beowulf and I forgot to study.

@SariaSchala 2 ай бұрын

Super funny! Thanks for doing this!

@dreamking8057 2 ай бұрын

I like how he put Uganda knuckles on one of the worriers shield 2:45

@Soviet_frog51 2 ай бұрын

@GenericProtagonist118 2 ай бұрын

I thought it was a coincidence that Beowulf looked like Hulk Hogan a s thought "But they're nothing alike". Then I saw the motorized chair bit where he's old and claiming he still has one in him and went "Ah, I was wrong".

@eazy8579 2 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! Love that you kept in The Knuckles shield, trying to see if any of the other ones made it in! Edit: YES THEY DID! HELL YEAH!

@starsaur6664 2 ай бұрын

Dude your animations are getting better and better

@yassinelaouadi305 2 ай бұрын

I swear man, your videos make me have so much knowledge about mythologies. Thanks to that, I made a friend who non stop talks about greek mythology and roman society and just celebrated the death of Julius Cesar. I am grateful for your efforts on delivering these masterpieces.

@puirYorick 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad this story was never part of my curriculum. This explanation was fit for purpose.

@ratatoing-hg2ez 10 күн бұрын

I appreciate that you snuck the weapons dancer and berserker motif in the video

@Gerald22222 2 ай бұрын

Any day now…

@jerryhorton5708 2 ай бұрын

Man was this fun. Thanks for sharing this

@dd11111 25 күн бұрын

This was awesome!

@Magniv22 2 ай бұрын

YOUR BEST IN A LONG TIME!

@SomeRandomKydd 2 ай бұрын

Few details missed - One: Grendel's mother tried to feed Beowulf to her pet beasts before fighting him herself, and she fought with a knife of her own. Two: Beowulf for a metal mast to the dragon fight and it got welded to his face. Ok, sure that is gruesome, but it was an important detail. Three: Every instance of the sword breaking when Beowulf tried to smack the muster was left out. Why? There is a deliberate interruption of the dragon fight to mention it tends to happen. Four: The dragon's smoke and fangs were also toxic. Fifth: Beowulf didn't rip Grendel's arm right off, they fought their way around the hall breaking most of it apart. Source: I just had a class on this.

@halwis 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Please do more books/stories when you have the time.

@royalewithcheese7 2 ай бұрын

Jackson Crawford, a renowned Norse expert, has described Norse stories by saying they operate on "dream logic" and that is the best description of Norse stories I've ever heard. "I had just defeated the monster when the monster's MOM showed up. Luckily, I had a sword that has never failed the wielder. Oh no! The sword that has never failed has failed! Luckily there is another sword that can kill anything right here!"

@thesonofdormammu5475 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I love your humor, it cracks me up. I never understood why Grendel's mom would have that weapon in her lair. I would have buried that thing where no one would ever find it.

@justachair7895 Ай бұрын

this is perfect, please keep it up!!

@johnburnside7828 2 ай бұрын

Just getting better and better!

@leohammad-vv9xc 2 ай бұрын

Beautifully edited

@jessegardner366 Ай бұрын

The 13th Warrior is so underrated. Great video!

@ThongSuBacKy Ай бұрын

I love every single metal bar sound effect in this video

@b.j.cobbledick4914 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoy the guy with the knuckles round shield.

@Trash_Medic 2 ай бұрын

1:42 that second shield is looking... oddly familiar...

@mohitkumarsahani4411 2 ай бұрын

Do you know da wae?

@TheGuyWhoObsessedWithKH 2 ай бұрын

0:03 Love that the guy's just holding his hotdog sideways.

@nataliebiggs5085 2 ай бұрын

Great animation it’s gotten better👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@jpopbakkari 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Wish I could go back in time 15 years and show it to my high school self (dang I'm old).

@nyxshadowhawk Ай бұрын

I recently finished translating all of Beowulf from Old English, and DAMN this was funny! I needed this.

@larckolkol9109 2 ай бұрын

My guy, where were you when I had to read Beowulf in literature a few weeks ago?

@roaringthunder115 2 ай бұрын

Amazing one liners

@Guywithaname199 2 ай бұрын

This is so great. Please do a video about Finland's Kalevala😅

@hgriff14 Ай бұрын

“the only heirloom will be your hair on my loom” come on man.

@sumorenito 2 ай бұрын

I love how you also cover myths from other countries rather than sticking only to mythology and religion. Hope to see some other videos like this!!

@ferdirenz 2 ай бұрын

Loved this one

@MatthewCaunsfield 2 ай бұрын

Great take on the legend! 😁👍

@Arthur-vo9kt 2 ай бұрын

I love that you stick to some historical accuracy!

@abraxas2 Ай бұрын

Took me a freaking month to notice at 0:21 the germanic weapon dancers in the background 😂

@eljuanpapas 2 ай бұрын

The SFXs are so good🎉