He did not. He reached for those Scandinavian and Germanic stories, to fashion his own, and England's. But to say that the stories of the English would have bee

He did not. He reached for those Scandinavian and Germanic stories, to fashion his own, and England's. But to say that the stories of the English would have been the same as the stories of other Germanic and Scandinavian people's assumes much less diversity among all those peoples than had actually existed.