I Try to Explain Beowulf 

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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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

"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!"

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

That stair lift was a great gag

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

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

love the 4:3 aspect ratio style!!!

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

The Ugandan Knuckles shield is perfect.

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

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

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!

Beowulf looks like hulk hogans great grand daddy

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

The Knuckles shield was great!

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!"

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.

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.

TheSailor Moon blanket is killing me 10/10 Perfection

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.

I appreciate the Berserk style "CLANG" 😂

Your animation comedy and art are getting really good.

Grendel casually speaking japanese is top-tier humor

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

Jesus has feelings, too, Amen 🙏

RIP to Hondscio. He will be missed.

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

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

This is gold as is! But I remember he was obsessed with bees. He loved them so much he was by them a lot and they stung him in his eyes giving him poor vision. He also defeated the dragon/firedrake using bees, too. "Sacrificing his buddies"

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.

Bro, thank you for adding the source text for each event, and the translation you used in the caption. Seriously useful

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!

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!!!

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

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

2:04 - Ugandan Knuckles Shield isn't real...

Your improving at a wonderful rate oh my

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

DUDE THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE BANGER. I had to listen to summaries for school and when I saw this I was so glad 😂

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!

This gonna help in my churches trivia :D

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!

Wow. What an awesome video. Very inspiring!

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

This is literally 10th century Skyrim.

13:22 Now that is a Bro-tier move.

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

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

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

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

“What is he gonna do? T pose on Grendel?” Wait isnt that like disrespectful or smth😭

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

7:34 I know this is going to shock people, but there was no such as elevators when this story was written.

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

Jake. I love, I REALLY love the historical accurate dresses and the fact that you made THE GRAVE GOODS LOOK LIKE BRONZE AGE SCANDINAVIAN ARTIFACTS. your attention to detail is simply fascinating

If there is one thing I learned from this video it is the best way to make the Danes love you is to have a dad whose name sounds like Half-Dane

The hilarious thing is the retroactive Christianisation of an obviously pagan myth is actually made LESS clumsy and obviously weird in this version than it is in the original.

The most accurate Modern English retelling of Beowulf to date.

Any day now…

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

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

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

I don't remember where I heard that Unferth was a pro Beowulf mole planted to set him up to tell the story of that sick sea monster fight, but if he also handed off a cool sword to him, that would support the theory. Also I remember listening to this via audiobook and I do not recall the text being this incomprehensible.

4:20 "I gotta *hand* it to you, Grendel. You sure do know how to make *unarmed* combat interesting." ~Beowulf's one-liner that he forgot

Beowulf might not be the best person out there to do oneliners but he sure cooked that bum Unferth at the beginning

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".

i like Jake doubleyoo's videos

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

1:52 Please tell me I’m not the only one who saw the Ugandan knuckle shield 😭

Scandinavian man swims across sea fights a giant, bangs the giants mom, fights his dragon son, simple as.

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

Probably one of your best vids yet

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.

Beowulf was one of the first stories I read in my Senior English Class this year, so I'm definitely going to have to show this to my Teacher! Edit: My teacher loved it and said he's going to try and use it in his class next year! My legacy at school is sealed.

2:09 here it comes, rougher than the rest of them, the best of them, the tougher than the leather. You can call it a shield. Unlike spears, it doesn't yield, it'd rather protect in the field* *of battle

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

i love the metal pipe in 8:20

I remembered the movie differently….

"No... no. What we need is hero!" *cue most epic, dramatic, badass theme song of all time*

The best part is his friend having a full moustache at 12.

1:52 Y’all am I seeing things or is that shield looking at me. Staring into my soul and peering through my thoughts just to ask me one question, “Do YoU KnOw DA WaY????”

You’re awesome Jake this is the best Bill Wolf recap I have ever seen🎉

Wait, was that paleo-Hebrew/Phoenician writing on the sword hilt taken from Grendel’s mom’s lair? Is that a reference to how they’re supposedly descended from Cain? Very clever

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

I loved this. Soundwave has always been a favorite. Memories of scouring the old Marvel Transformers book for stats and cool drawings, etc. Still never been adapted properly on the silver screen, imo...

Really enjoy the guy with the knuckles round shield.

Damn about ten seconds in and I already have to take a test 😂😂