Anglo-Saxon poetry reflects a fourth or fifth-century Pagan reality, creating noble pagan characters, such as Beowulf, in a Christian context. The tension arises as Christian theology requires damnation for these pagan characters, yet the poet sympathetically presents them in a favorable light. Beowulf, set in a fifth-century Danish Dynasty, exemplifies the heroic ideal of a pagan Anglo-Saxon.

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