Grendel (disambiguation)

Grendel (disambiguation)

Grendel can refer to:

* Grendel, the antagonist in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem "Beowulf"
* "Grendel" (novel), a novel by John Champlin Gardner, Jr. that retells "Beowulf" from Grendel's point of view.
* "Grendel" (film), a made-for-television motion picture adaptation of the "Beowulf" poem and "Grendel" novel, produced by the Sci Fi Channel.
*"Grendel (opera)": an opera composed by Elliot Goldenthal and directed by Julie Taymor.
*"Grendel (opera score)": score to the above opera composed by Elliot Goldenthal
*"Grendel", a song by Marillion, B side to their first single, "Market Square Heroes" (1982). The recorded version of the song is 17:40 long, while the live versions regularly ran to over 20 minutes.
*"Grendel", a song on the album "Diary" by Sunny Day Real Estate
* "Grendel", a short story by Larry Niven written in 1968.
* Grendel, The Holy City in the "Scrapped Princess" anime
* Grendels, a predatory alien species in the science-fiction novel "The Legacy of Heorot"
* Grendel (comics), a fictional assassin appearing in comic books by Matt Wagner
* Grendel (radio personality), a former radio DJ on KSCU 103.3 FM, and current DJ on KSUB Seattle 89.1 FM and KGRG-FM 89.9 FM, who won Best DJ in Metro Silicon Valley's 2001 Best of Silicon Valley and Best Celebrity in Metro Silicon Valley's Best of Silicon Valley 2002
* Grendel: a species in the artificial life computer program "Creatures"
* Mozilla Grendel, a Java-based e-mail and Usenet client
* Grendel (band), a Netherlands-based dark electro/hard EBM band
* 6.5 Grendel, a rifle cartridge developed by Alexander Arms
*Grendel P30
*Grendel R31
*Grendel S16
* Grendel, a superheavyweight combat robot in Battlebots that was large, green, and armed with a fast, powerful pickaxe
* In the 1998 computer game "Battlezone", "Grendel" is the NSDF designation given to the Soviet bomber class ship.

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