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Grendel [ˈgrɛndəl] n (Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) (in Old English legend) a man-eating monster defeated by the hero Beowulf How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then under veils of mist came Grendel from the moor; he bare God's anger. Perhaps he was the old Germanic god Beowa, and his exploits originally allegories, like some of those in the Greek mythology, of his services to man; he may, for instance, first have been the sun, driving away the mists and cold of winter and of the swamps, hostile forces personified in Grendel and his mother. |
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