However, this ancient English tale certainly fulfills the Leap of Faith step in the Hero’s Journey template. After Beowulf slayed Grendel, Grendel’s mother sought to avenge her dead or soon to be dead son. After killing many men in a raid by night, and retrieving her son’s ripped off arm, Grendel’s mother quickly retreated to her lair, at the bottom of a mere. When Beowulf woke, he realized he had yet one more step to complete. It was Beowulf 's expedition to the bottom of this mere that is the Leap of Faith. Beowulf tracked the foul being through a forest, across many moors, and through a difficult to tread, mountainous terrain, only to find the lake that Grendel’s mother inhabited to be full of reptiles and sea monsters. After slaying many of the sea creatures, Beowulf took a literal “Leap of Faith” as he dove into the mere, with confidence in his ability to find Grendel’s mother in the dark, grim lake at the bottom of the
However, this ancient English tale certainly fulfills the Leap of Faith step in the Hero’s Journey template. After Beowulf slayed Grendel, Grendel’s mother sought to avenge her dead or soon to be dead son. After killing many men in a raid by night, and retrieving her son’s ripped off arm, Grendel’s mother quickly retreated to her lair, at the bottom of a mere. When Beowulf woke, he realized he had yet one more step to complete. It was Beowulf 's expedition to the bottom of this mere that is the Leap of Faith. Beowulf tracked the foul being through a forest, across many moors, and through a difficult to tread, mountainous terrain, only to find the lake that Grendel’s mother inhabited to be full of reptiles and sea monsters. After slaying many of the sea creatures, Beowulf took a literal “Leap of Faith” as he dove into the mere, with confidence in his ability to find Grendel’s mother in the dark, grim lake at the bottom of the