A character in Beowulf
Beowulf by Unknown
A man-eating monster descended from Cain who haunts the moor-fens and nightly ravages Hrothgar's hall Heorot, until Beowulf tears off his arm in a bare-handed grapple.
Also known as: the monster, death-shade, foe of mankind, horrible hermit, the fell one, master of malice, the ill-planning death-shade
Inside the story
Grendel is a monstrous descendant of Cain who haunts the moor-fens beyond Hrothgar’s kingdom. At the story’s outset, he is the foe of Hrothgar and his people, raiding their great hall Heorot by night and preying on those within.
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