Grendel types of monsters actually exist.........still.........

Beowulf is often cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. The story was first brought to Britain by Scandinavians who had formed part of the fifth- and sixth-century AD Germanic settlement of what later became England. The area in Denmark being explored by archaeologists has long been associated with the exploits of the titular character, a hero from southern Sweden. The story recounts how Beowulf, having heard of the attack, travels to Denmark and offers to kill Grendel. After pretending to be asleep in the hall, the young nobleman succeeds in ripping off one of the monster’s huge arms in fierce hand-to-hand combat. According to the poem, the beast then flees to await death in a nearby cave.

Following the most recent stage of the project, archaeologists now believe that the design and, in some cases, the dimensions of the succession of feasting halls at Lejre remained constant over a period of 500 years, from approximately 500 to 1000 AD. The team has also confirmed that the halls were indeed used for vast feasts. In a study completed earlier this year, analysis of feasting debris – particularly from the area around the site of the feasting hall that dates from the era associated with Beowulf – has pointed to the remains of hundreds of individual animals including suckling pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, deer, chicken, geese, ducks and fish.