This. Beowulf has near nothing to do with the Western Civilization. The Anglosphere it's delusional, sorry. It's was all about either Greek or Roman legacy. Or maybe, Don Quixote, shaping up the Modern Western civilization by making fun on the old Medieval farts (Don Quixote) against the more pragmatical and non-brainwashed Enlightenment era common folk people (Sancho Panza).
Even Lazarillo from Tormes has a more caustic and Western shaping anti-epic than Beowulf, as it depicts a cynical and treacherous society where even the old literal blind outsmarts the rogue kid.
Even Lazarillo from Tormes has a more caustic and Western shaping anti-epic than Beowulf, as it depicts a cynical and treacherous society where even the old literal blind outsmarts the rogue kid.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarillo_de_Tormes