Breca
Anglo Saxon · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
THE POEM GIVES TWO INCOMPATIBLE ACCOUNTS OF THIS RACE AND THE RECORD GIVES BOTH. Unferth's version and Beowulf's version differ on who won and on what happened at sea, and a registry that picked one would be adjudicating a quarrel the poem stages on purpose.
Relations
- contended with: BeowulfNon-symmetric toward a pre-existing record, and the kind is chosen carefully: this was a contest and not a fight.Reference treatment: the swimming match between Beowulf and Breca, disputed at the feast. (secondary)
Sources
- Breca is Beowulf's opponent in the youthful swimming match that Unferth raises at the feast.: Reference treatments of Beowulf and of the Unferth exchange. (secondary)