Is grendel a combination of germanic and scandinavian mythology?
When Grendel is introduced in Beowulf, he is referred to as a completely Christianised monster: That fiend from Hell,/that harsh spirit, was known as Grendel . . . With fulsome monsters/this sorrowful man had remained some time,/Because the Shaper had condemned him/as Cain’s kinsman. (ll. 101-107) Because the Beowulf poet, probably a monk employed in a monastery (possibly in Mercia), …