Grendel (disambiguation)
# Grendel (disambiguation)

Grendel is the antagonist in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.

Grendel or Grendal may also refer to:

In literature:

* "Grendel" (short story) by Larry Niven, written in 1968
* Grendel (novel), by John Gardner (1971) that retells Beowulf from Grendel's point of view
* Grendel (comics), a long-running series by Matt Wagner that started in the 1980s, featuring a fictional assassin called Grendel
* Grendels, predatory alien species in the science-fiction novels The Legacy of Heorot (1987) and Beowulf's Children (1995)

In music:

* Grendel (band), a Netherlands-based dark electro/hard EBM band
* Grendel (opera), an opera composed by Elliot Goldenthal and directed by Julie Taymor
* "Grendel", a song by Marillion, B-side to their first single "Market Square Heroes"
* "Grendel", a song on the album Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate

In media:

* Grendel (film), a made-for-television motion picture adaptation of the Beowulf poem produced by the Sci Fi Channel
* Grendel Grendel Grendel, an 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:

* Grendel, a species in the artificial life computer program Creatures
* Mozilla Grendel, a Java-based e-mail and Usenet client
* The NSDF designation given to the Soviet bomber class ship in Battlezone
* Grendal, a character in the computer game Mace: The Dark Age

People:

* Erik Grendel, Slovak footballer
* Gábor Grendel, Slovak politician
* Lajos Grendel, Slovak writer (1948 – 2018)
* Grendel Briarton, pseudonym for author Reginald Bretnor

Other uses:

* Grendel, a superheavyweight combat robot in BattleBots
* 6.5mm Grendel, a rifle cartridge developed by Alexander Arms
* Grendel Inc., a United States firearms manufacturer which produced among others:
   * Grendel P30
   * Grendel R31
   * Grendel S16
* Grendel's Den, a bar and restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
* Mount Grendal, a mountain in Antarctica
