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Grendel stalks outside the building for a time, spying the warriors inside. He then makes a sudden attack, bursting through the door with his fists. The first warrior Grendel finds is still asleep, so he seizes the man and devours him. Grendel grabs a second warrior, but is shocked when the warrior grabs back with fearsome strength.
Hondscio – a Geatish warrior. He is killed and devoured by Grendel, right before Beowulf fights and defeats the monster. Hreðel – king of the Geats. Hreðric and Hroðmund – the two sons of Hroðgar. Hroðgar – king of the Danes; married to Wealhþeow. Also prominent in Norse tradition.
Grendel is a 1971 novel by the American author John Gardner. [1] It is a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, ...
An illustration of Grendel's mother by J. R. Skelton from Stories of Beowulf (1908) described as a "water-witch" trying to stab Beowulf. Grendel's mother (Old English: Grendles mōdor) is one of three antagonists in the anonymous Old English poem Beowulf (c. 700–1000 AD), the other two being Grendel and the dragon.
The genealogy given for the kings of Deira in both the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Anglian Collection also traces through Wægdæg, followed by Siggar and Swæbdæg. The Prose Edda also gives these names, as Sigarr and Svebdeg alias Svipdagr, but places them a generation farther down the Kent pedigree, as son and grandson of Wihtgils.
Grendel Tales is an irregular series of stories by other writers and artists set in the world Wagner had created. It was intended to follow the original comic series, but Comico's bankruptcy derailed this plan (Grendel #40 did contain a short story by Steven T. Seagle and Ho Che Anderson, starting this idea).
Grendel, a made-for-television motion picture adaptation of the Beowulf poem produced by the Sci Fi Channel; Grendel Grendel Grendel, a 1981 animated film based on John Gardner's novel and starring Peter Ustinov; Beowulf & Grendel, a 2005 film; Grendel, the Holy City in the Scrapped Princess anime; In computing:
These are family trees of the Norse gods showing kin relations among gods and other beings in Nordic mythology.Each family tree gives an example of relations according to principally Eddic material however precise links vary between sources.