Many Anglo-Saxon poems use the characteristics of heroism and imagery, but it seems that the way in which the theme is treated in the story of the Crucifixion is unique only to Christians. poetry. Using a battle as a metaphor, Christ and the cross would be seen as the warriors, “whose deaths are victories and whose burials are preludes to the triumph of their resurrections” (Huppe 278). In The Rood's Dream, the story of Christ's death, burial and resurrection is different from the stories we are so accustomed to hearing in the Bible. To emphasize the enormous victory of the crucifixion story, the writer describes Christ as a young warrior who enters boldly. to overcome sin. This is a very common theme in medieval literature. The words used to describe Christ are “the young warrior,” “the Lord of mankind,” and “the Lord.” of