Similiarties Between the 13th Warrior & Beowulf

In the film The 13th Warrior, a 1999 film strong leadership is evident. In both stories the strongest person will do anything to help the people. The 13th Warrior and the epic poem Beowulf have many similarities and differences.

The leadership of Buliwyf compares to Beowulf’s leadership in the epic poem. When in the tunnel after attacking the Wendol’s Buliwyf was hurt but he still went with the rest of the men. Grendel’s mother hurt Beowulf but he still got the strength to cut off her head and kill her. Buliwyf was sick and very pale from being hurt fighting the Wendol’s and shouldn’t have came out to help the town fight when the Wendol’s attacked again and he came out and fought them. He ended up dying watching the Wendol’s run away and then vanish. Beowulf was trying to kill the dragon to save the town and got help from Wiglaf and Beowulf ended up being killed by the dragon.

There are also differences in The 13th Warrior and in Beowulf. The way that Grendel looked is a lot different