Beowulf's Slaying of Daghraefn — a Connection with Irish Myth

Searching for possible Germanic parallels, we may first turn to Grettis Saga on account of its established connections with Beowulf. We find that the immensely strong Icelander never slays an adversary through the use of brute strength. True enough, his strength serves him in good stead in his fight with the troll-woman at Sandhaugar, his struggles with the physically mighty revenants of Glam and Karr the Old, and in the fight with the bear whose ears he 'pins back', but he slays or mortally wounds these and other enemies with his sword

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