Anonymous ID: 68aee7 Feb. 15, 2021, 6:45 p.m. No.12940733   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Indeed, because his exact appearance is never directly described in Old English by the original Beowulf poet, part of the debate revolves around what is known, namely his descent from the biblical Cain (the first murderer in the Bible). Grendel is called a sceadugenga – "shadow walker", in other words "night goer" – given that the monster was repeatedly described to be in the shroud of darkness.