Grendel

Grendel is a man-eating demon that lives in the land of the Spear-Danes and attacks King Hrothgar's mead-hall, Heorot, every evening.

Major Events

 * Grendel hears the Danish singing a song about the creation of the world and is angered.
 * He attacks Herot Hall every night for many years, killing Danish warriors and rampaging through their land.
 * Grendel meets his destructor, the warrior Beowulf. Grendel has his arm torn out of the socket by Beowulf during a hand-to-hand wrestling match.
 * Mortally wounded, Grendel slinks off into the wilderness to die.