Published On Nov 3, 2018
Beowulf(2007)set to Amon Amarth The Pursuit of Vikings(2004)
Lyrics:
The warming sun returns again
And melts away the snow
The sea is freed from icy chains
Winter is letting go
Standing on the ocean side
We can hear the waves
Calling us out with tide
To sail into our fate
Oden! Guide our ships
Our axes, spears and swords
Guide us through storms that whip
And in brutal war
Our ships await us by the shore
Time has come to leave
Our country, family and homes
For riches in the east
Some of us won't return
But that won't bring us down
Our fate is written in the web
Woven by the Norns
A ram is sacrificed
Across the longship's bow
And as we set our sails
A strong breeze starts to blow
It carries us out to sea
With hope of fame and pride
And glorious all will be
That with sword in hand will die
Oden! Guide our ships
Our Axes, spears and swords
Guide us through storms that whip
And in brutal war
Oden! Guide our ships
Our axes, spears and swords
Guide us through storms that whip
And in brutal war
Songwriters: Frederik Anderson / Johan Hans Hegg / Johan Olof Soderberg / Olavi Petteri Mikkonen / Ted Lundstrom
Pursuit of Vikings lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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There was no representation or single female figure to be named as Beowulf's mother .There was only a hint of absence or abandonment .Beowulf isn't Oedipal (That title belongs to Grendel).To Beowulf each woman is independent of the past, an entity within themselves and of themselves , filled with a power he can never fully know but holds in the highest regard . Beowulf doesn't see women as his mother , or seek his mother in women ..
Beowulf's lack of a mother taught him how to make it on his own learn how to be capable to find strength from within , he was nurtured inside the murky womb of Mother earth's Sea of emotions and learned love from those who shared loved with him( physically emotionally and spiritually ;Wealthow ,The Mermaid and Grendel's mother )
The murky womb represents experience within reality , the limit to the limitless depths of our understandings in life ,
especially that from love, specifically the source of love from women .
The womb has to be labeled murky as it is seen from Beowulf perspective and he identifies as Male and Heterosexual . (It seems before being king he may be labeled a Geate ;but not a Gay-ate - though he respects those who as his equal )
Murky doesn't necessarily mean gloomy but rather unclear dark ,secret ,suspicious , questionable.
The connotation isn't negative but rather positive as it emphasizes Beowulf character and his attraction ,interest ,desire to connect and understand despite distance detachment and previous experience .
Beowulf has desire to love for loves sake - not to receive classical oedipal nurturing .
The final kiss from Grendel's mom is sign of a balance of yin and yang a Freudian developmental progression and Jungian transformation Vis-à-vis destruction of the archetypal core ,or a reincarnation into divine beloved oneness, like aesthetics of Klimt's Kiss , the enlightening embrace of the eternal sexual death.