Beowulf (disambiguation)

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem.

Beowulf may also refer to:

Fictional characters

• Beowulf (hero), the main character of the poem
• Beowulf (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
• Beowulf (Dune), a character in the Dune book series
• Beowulf Shaeffer, a character in the works of Larry Niven in his Known Space universe
• Beowulf, a playable character in the video game Skullgirls

Media

• Beowulf (1999 film), a science fiction fantasy action film
• Beowulf & Grendel, a 2005 film
• Beowulf (2007 film), an animated picture by Robert Zemeckis
  • Beowulf (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to 2007 film
  • Beowulf: The Game, a video game based on the 2007 film
• Beowulf: The Legend, a 2005 board game
• Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, a 2016 British TV series

Weapons

• .50 Beowulf, a high-power round used mainly in modified AR-15 rifles
• Beowulf, a set of gauntlets and greaves in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

Other

• Beowülf, a 1980s thrash metal band based in Venice, California
• Beowulf cluster, a high-performance computing cluster built from ubiquitous commodity hardware, such as PCs or single-board computers
• Beowulf Mining, a Sweden-focused exploratory mining company
• Operation Beowulf, two German plans to occupy the Moonsund archipelago during World War II
• SMS Beowulf, a German Siegfried-class coastal defense ship built around 1890

See also

• List of artistic depictions of Beowulf