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

• Beowulf (disambiguation)

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