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
  • Grendel (Marvel Comics), an alien symbiote appearing in Marvel Comics
  • 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, 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:

  • 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
  • Grendel, a character in the computer game Warframe

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 S16
  • Grendel's Den, a bar and restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
  • Mount Grendal, a mountain in Antarctica

See also

  • Beowulf (disambiguation)
  • List of artistic depictions of Grendel