Grendel and His Mother

by Brink, Nicholas E., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780895032621
• ISBN10: 0895032627
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Baywood Pub Co

Author Biography

Nicholas E. Brink, Ph. D., has been a clinical psychologist in private practice since 1980

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
L. Michael Bell
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgment	xxiii
The Imagery of Dreams, Hypnosis, and Myth	1	(6)
Dreams	1	(1)
Hypnosis	2	(2)
Myth	4	(3)
The Lineage of Hrothgar: Dissociation from Trauma	7	(16)
The Nature of Trauma	8	(2)
The First Generation: Exacting Tribute	10	(3)
The Second Generation: Seeking to Please	13	(2)
The Death of Scyld: The Time for Dissociation	15	(2)
The Third Generation: The Payoff of Success	17	(3)
The Fourth Generation: Becoming Established	20	(3)
Grendel Our Despair	23	(16)
Grendel the Borderlands	23	(1)
Grendel, The Descendant of Cain	24	(1)
The Grendel of Envy	25	(2)
The Grendel of Self-Blame	27	(1)
God and Abuse	28	(1)
Attached While Asleep	29	(1)
Grief	30	(1)
Further Attack	31	(1)
Withdrawal to Outlying Buildings	32	(1)
The Spirit is Broken	33	(1)
The Treasure-Throne is Safe	34	(1)
Prayers to Heathen Shrines	35	(4)
The Coming of Beowulf	39	(32)
Beowulf Comes from Across the Sea	39	(2)
Beowulf Comes Unexpectedly	41	(2)
The Sentry Trusts Beowulf	43	(2)
Beowulf's Weapons are Left at the Door	45	(4)
Hrothgar's Chieftain Trusts Beowulf	49	(3)
Hrothgar Knows, Trusts, and Appreciates Beowulf	52	(4)
Beowulf Proclaims His Prowess	56	(3)
Hrothgar Saves Face	59	(3)
Unferth's Jealousy	62	(4)
Wealhtheow Nurtures	66	(5)
Beowulf's Preparation for Battle	71	(22)
Hrothgar Leaves, Entrusting Heorot to Beowulf	71	(4)
God is Recognized-The Divine Inspiration	75	(4)
Beowulf Lays Down His Weapons	79	(5)
Beowulf's Men Fall Asleep	84	(4)
Only Beowulf Remains Awake	88	(5)
The Death of Grendel	93	(20)
Grendel Enters Heorot	93	(4)
Grendel Destroys the Door of Heorot	93	(2)
Grendel Devours a Geat	95	(2)
The Death of Grendel	97	(16)
Beowulf Rises	97	(2)
Beowulf Grips Grendel	99	(4)
Everyone is Seized in Panic	103	(2)
The Hall Stands	105	(2)
The Geats Brandish Their Swords	107	(3)
The Wound	110	(3)
The Celebration	113	(16)
Grendel's Arm is Displayed	113	(2)
The People Rejoice	115	(2)
Tracking the Blood of Grendel	117	(2)
A Poet Immortalizes Beowulf	119	(2)
Hrothgar Arrives	121	(2)
The Celebration Gifts	123	(1)
A Ballad is Sung	124	(2)
Wealhtheow Arrives	126	(1)
Flushed with Wine	127	(2)
Grendel's Mother	129	(20)
Grendel's Mother	129	(2)
Grendel's Mother Enters Heorot	131	(1)
Grendel's Mother Seizes Aeschere and Runs	132	(1)
Hrothgar is Broken Hearted	133	(2)
Beowulf Learns of the Night	135	(14)
Beowulf Accepts the Challenge	137	(2)
Following the Blood of Aeschere	139	(2)
Arriving at the Lake	141	(3)
Beowulf's Preparation to Dive	144	(5)
The Death of Grendel's Mother	149	(18)
Getting to the Bottom	149	(2)
The She-Beast's Awareness	151	(1)
Grabbed by the She-Beast	152	(2)
The She-Beast's Den	154	(1)
The Beginning of the End	155	(2)
The Warrior and Beast Grapple	157	(3)
Finding the Needed Weapon	160	(2)
Hrothgar Returns Home	162	(1)
Beowulf Gathers the Evidence	163	(4)
The Final Celebration	167	(14)
Beowulf Swims Ashore	167	(2)
The Return to Heorot and Queen Wealhtheow	169	(2)
The Audience with the King	171	(1)
The King's Oration	172	(3)
Bedding Down for the Night	175	(1)
Beowulf's Preparation for Returning Home	176	(1)
The Gifts from the King	177	(1)
Setting Sail	178	(1)
In Conclusion	179	(2)
References	181	(2)
Index	183