Thane: They look like marks made by giant claws, my Lord. Beowulf: They must be the work of Grendel. Hrothgar: Beowulf - I am Hrothgar! You are welcome in our land but you have come at a sad time.

The mere mention of Grendel the classic monster from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon era epic poem, Beowulf is enough to unlock a portal buried deep within the brain of every former English student.

So Beowulf dons his armor and seeks out Grendel's mother in her lair, beneath a fetid lake filled with water like acid and so deep no human has ever seen the bottom. #ExtraMythology #Beowulf # ...