Hostess, Peace Weaver, and Mother

In the famous epic there are many stories about the extraordinary wars of the Middle Ages. Beowulf is important as it is one of the oldest European epic written in native language or mother tongue. This exciting and famous writings of seemingly supernatural heroes had a great influence on the typical role of their women. As alleged in many parts of this wonderful poem, these women have many objectives and play a variety of roles. The mothers of Wealhtheow, Hygd, Hildeburh, Freawaru and Grendel illustrate the historical role expected of this ancient woman.

Beowulf's women have established social roles that men can not play, especially the role of peaceful weavers, the role of hostesses, and the role of mothers. Queen Wealhtheow is a model of peace and weaver success. Because she plays an active part in society by encouraging her people and giving her hero wealth. On the other hand, Queen Hildelebs basically does not play this role and Hilderb is more passive, so she did not say anything in poetry compared to Hiruro. Whether the Queen 's role is success or failure, that gender influences the story of poetry. Wealhtheow is an adhesive to keep the relationship between Scyldings and Beowulf intact. Hildeburh is still a central part of a non-expert song that explains her story. Wealhtheow is also a perfect example of a good hostess

Porter has categorized Hildemble as a free enjoyee, or Weaver of Peace, Wilshew as mistress, but it is not easy to regard Wealhtheow as playing both roles at the same time. Although not explicitly stated, her own people, Hrothgar married to Helmingas, can be gathered from background evidence as a way to promote peace between them and Danish people. In this regard, Wealhtheow is one of the most successful peacebuilders, as many other peace and weaver queen failed to ensure peace between tribes. John M. Hill felt that Wealhtheow is a powerful counter example to the flawed marriage and relationship between Hildeburh and Freawaru. "It should also be mentioned that when other marriages fail to promote peace, this is not due to male defects, it is not due to males' faults.Women or marriage itself (Hall 85)

Anglo-Saxon women play a special role in society. One of the characters is Peace Weaver. Peace Weaver is a woman who gets married to establish peace between fighting tribes. In the "mourning of my wife" you can see an example of a woman as a weaver of peace "I need to suffer the disagreement of my beloved" (Norton, p. 114). Here you can guess that the narrator got married to a battle tribe to settle the battle and this time she suffered from the pain of quitting her husband. Peace Weaver's role should bring peace to battling tribes, but this is not necessarily the case. Marriage between Hilboa and Finnish people saw this misfortune in Beowulf. Princess Danish Hildever married Frisian King Finn and ended the discord between the two countries. But peace between nations will not last long and war will break out. Hildepple must mourn his brother and son with her husband.