Crist 662838 190246574 2008-02-09T21:05:24Z YLSS 3959530 /* Influence on other writers */ sp. + reference to a published source is better {{otheruses}} '''''Crist''''' is the title given to a group of [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] religious [[poem]]s by the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] poet [[Cynewulf]], divided into ''Crist I, [[Christ II (poem)|II]], III'' (or ''A, B, C''), and dealing with Christ's Advent, Ascension, and Last Judgment respectively. A total of 1664 lines are preserved. Together with [[Beowulf]] it is one of the primary examples of Anglo-Saxon literature. ==Influence on other writers== [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] was deeply influenced by the following couplet from Crist: <blockquote> ''"Eálá Earendel engla beorhtast''<br> ''Ofer middangeard monnum sended."'' </blockquote> Translated, <blockquote> ''"Hail [[Earendel]] brightest of angels,''<br> ''over Middle Earth sent to men."'' </blockquote> ("[[Middangeard]]" was an ancient expression for the everyday world between Heaven above and Hell below.) These lines were one of the inspirations for J. R. R. Tolkien's [[Middle-earth]] and his character [[Eärendil]]. <ref>{{ME-ref|Bio|"Reunion", pp. 72, 79}}</ref> ==References== <references/> ==External links== {{Wikisource}} * [http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/library/oe/texts/a3.1.html The Old English poem] * [http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/Christ_Kennedy.pdf A Modern English translation] ([[PDF]]), by Charles W. Kennedy. From "[http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/ In Parentheses]". [[Category:Old English poems]]