Grendel

Summary

Grendel is a literary character^[1]. He ranks in the top 8% of literary_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,406 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Grendel's mother was Grendel's mother^[3].
• Grendel's image is recorded as Stories of beowulf grendel.jpg^[4].
• Grendel is recorded as male^[5].
• Grendel's instance of is recorded as literary character^[6].
• Grendel's killed by is recorded as Beowulf^[7].
• Grendel's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 309855310^[8].
• Grendel's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2014100247^[9].
• Grendel's Commons category is recorded as Grendel^[10].
• Grendel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jhmg^[11].
• Grendel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Grendel^[12].
• Grendel's present in work is recorded as Beowulf^[13].
• Grendel's different from is recorded as Gretel^[14].
• Grendel's FAST ID is recorded as 1742748^[15].
• Grendel's Quora topic ID is recorded as Grendel^[16].
• Grendel's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[17].
• Grendel's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-53397^[18].
• Grendel's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007414678905171^[19].
• Grendel's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PCjMgyBFk8cRr4CFT4VGtBq^[20].
• Grendel's Yale LUX ID is recorded as person/3886110f-d125-41d0-b96b-cc0097426dfa^[21].

Body

Origins and Family

Grendel's mother was his mother^[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Grendel include 6.5mm he^[22], an ammunition model^[23], founded in 2003^[24]; he^[25], a musical group^[26], in Netherlands^[27], founded in 1997^[28]; Grendelius^[29], a fossil taxon^[30]; and Mount Grendal^[31], a mountain^[32].

Why It Matters

Grendel ranks in the top 8% of literary_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,406 views/month).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for him include 6.5mm he^[22], an ammunition model^[23], founded in 2003^[24]; he^[25], a musical group^[26], in Netherlands^[27], founded in 1997^[28]; Grendelius^[29], a fossil taxon^[30]; and Mount Grendal^[31], a mountain^[32].

FAQs

Who were Grendel's parents?

Grendel's mother was Grendel's mother^[3].