In Popular Culture
- The 2007 film Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis, depicts Heorot as a loud and boisterous place, and suggests that the noise is the source of Grendel's anger.
- In the novel Grendel (1971) by John Gardner, Heorot is referred to as "Hart" (male deer).
- In the video game Grendel's Cave, Heorot Hall is the starting location in the game and a safe place, except from the AI Monster Grendel, to sleep.
- The Heorot is a pub and draught house located on South Walnut Street in downtown Muncie, Indiana. The pub is home to over 70 draft beers and 350 bottled beers from around the world.
- Chi Heorot, a fraternity at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, is named after the hall.
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