Beowulf

Grendel in a Muppet Meeting Film

Beowulf is an epic poem detailing the title hero's journey and fight against monsters. The work is of unknown authorship and uncertain date (late 10th or early 11th century) and was written in Old English, although the actual narrative is set in medieval Scandinavia. As an early fantasy epic, Beowulf influenced J.R.R. Tolkien, who wrote his own posthumously published translation, while the 1971 novel Grendel offered a postmodern and philosophical take from the perspective of Grendel, the first slain monster.

References

• One of the names considered for Rowlf the Dog was Beowulf.

• A Muppet monster in the Muppet Meeting Film "Think Bigger" is named Grendel, after the Beowulf beast.

Connections

• Arthur Dignam voiced the Dragon and Beowulf in Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981 film)
• Ólafur Darri Ólafsson played Unferth in Beowulf & Grendel (2005 film)
• Peter Ustinov voiced Grendel in Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981 film)
• Spencer Wilding played Grendel's father in Beowulf & Grendel (2005 film)