Beowulf was my first major introduction to original myth.  The translation I read was a bilingual edition by Seamus Heaney which I had purchased at the gift shop in the British Library in London, England.  Some years later I also read J.R.R. Tolkien’s translation.  I now lay before you, briefly, my reflections on the two … Continue reading Beowulf: Seamus Heaney vs. J.R.R. Tolkien