Grendel as Grinch

Ross sez, "I was reading Thomas Meyer's great new translation of Beowulf when the annual showing of The Grinch came on. The potential for a mash-up overwhelmed me, and this is the result."

Every Scylding in Heorot liked mead a lot,
But Grendel the beast, roaring outside did not.
Grendel hated Scyldings, the whole Danish clan.,
Can I say why? I don’t think I can.
He spied on the Scyldings, he fumed and he wailed.,
He watched as in Heorot they drank mead and drank ale.

Grendel as Grinch

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That reminds me of John Gardner’s 1971 novel, ‘Grendel’
callimachus1386

If you’re interested in Thomas Meyer’s (fabulous) non-archaic Beowulf translation, please consider going directly to the website of the bold, brave, and innovative independent press that is publishing it (with FREE downloads): Punctum books. It’s a more accurate link than the Amazon page (plus, you know, free downloads). If Boingboing could add in this link, I’m sure many folks would be very grateful:
http://punctumbooks.com/titles/thomas-meyer-beowulf/
oschene

And in that same vein, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in Old English:
http://origami.oschene.com/hrodulf-readnosa-hrandeor/
(and there’s a Grinch song below that.)
awjt

If we can get Gandalf and Gargamel in there, we’ll have a quadfecta of witchery.
Halloween_Jack

Sorry, but nothing beats “Beowulf Meets Godsylla“.