It's about this monster who has a girl name so I think its a girl, could be wrong, and it continuously ate all these men in this castle. Then one day a man came and ripped of its arm...
Who is this monster? And who is its mother?
2006-06-30 06:34:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
By the way it's from Greece.
2006-06-30 07:12:45 · update #1
i believe your talking about Grendel in Beowulf. Grendel was a male and his mother was un-named.... known in the poem only as... "Grendel's mother"
2006-06-30 06:41:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 1⤋
It's name was Grendel. It's a male monster. His mother doesn't have a name, she's just called "Grendel's Mother".
The man who ripped off his arm is Beowulf. I don't know what made you think the story was Greek, it's Anglo-Saxon.
Unless you've got the word Geat confused with the word Greek. Beowulf was from Geatland and therefore a Geat.
If you want more info go read the poem "Beowulf".
Here's links to two different versions in modern English: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/bwulf11h.htm
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16328/16328-h/16328-h.htm
2006-06-30 20:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by DNE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like the legend of Beowulf. The monster was Grendel, it was male. Beowulf tore his arm off, then it ran to it's mother who ithink lived in a well. Beowulf fought them both and killed them, but he himself received a mortal wound.
There were two movies made after the legend, the 1999 starring Christopher Lambert and 2005 Beowulf and Grendel.
2006-06-30 06:44:52 · answer #3 · answered by Ymmo the Heathen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm Sounds like the Grendel from the old english epic Beowulf
2006-06-30 06:39:55 · answer #4 · answered by Paladin 3000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like Melusina, or Melusine, or Merlusine. A water fairy from Scotland, Luxembourg, Germany, and other areas of life. But I may be wrong with what tale you are wanting.
Sounds more like Scylla...a water nymph who was changed by the Soceress Medea or Circe...cant really remember...but the story is part of the Midas Myth and another... if you check Edith Hamiltons book...I believe it is in there.
2006-06-30 06:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by celtic_majik_21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like Grendel from Beowulf.I read that story in english my senior year of high school.
2006-06-30 11:48:09 · answer #6 · answered by dollyfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you are talking about Grendel from "Beowulf". And Grendel's mother is just called "Grendel's Mother".
2006-06-30 06:38:57 · answer #7 · answered by tharrison13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,it`s not Greek.It`s Norse.The book of this saga is "Boewulf",
Pronounced Bay-wolf. The spelling may be a bit off.The creature`s name is Grendl.
2006-06-30 08:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by Rich B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now you've got me wondering! It's on the tip of my tounge...we had to act it out in a highschool English class. I even played the mother...
2006-06-30 06:39:27 · answer #9 · answered by Janie O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The monster sounds like my ex-wife, and her mother is just a heavyer version.
2006-06-30 06:39:02 · answer #10 · answered by lightningviper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Need a few more details in order to be able to answer this question. Is this a Greek myth?
2006-06-30 06:39:00 · answer #11 · answered by femmenoire@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋