SOURCE: Beowulf  by Anonymous

DESCRIPTION: "In the darkness of the night an avenger came to Heorot, came in silence and mystery as Grendel had done, with thoughts of murder and hatred raging in her heart. Grendel had gone home to die, but his mother, a fiend scarcely less terrible than her son, yet lived to avenge his death. She arose from her dwelling in the gloomy lake, followed the fen paths and moorland ways to Heorot, and opened the door. There was a horrible panic when her presence became known, and men ran hither and thither vainly seeking to attack her; yet there was less terror among them than before when they saw the figure of a horrible woman. In spite of all, the monster seized Aschere, one of King Hrothgar's thanes, and bore him away to the fens, leaving a house of lamentation where men had feasted so joyously a few hours before." (Beowulf by Anoymous)

NOTES: Grendel's Mother is a similar troll-like creature who attacks Hrothgar's warriors in revenge for the death of her son. Beowulf tracks her back to her underwater lair and slays her with an ancient sword laying there.

HISTORY: In the film version Beowulf & Grendel, Grendel's mother is portrayed as taller and whiter-skinned than Grendel. She pops in and out of the film as a mysterious hand attempting to pull people into the water like a water monster like Jenny Greenteeth.

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