Fenris-wolf

Also known as: Fenrer / Fenrisulf · Family: Jötuns · Role: wolf · First appears: Elder Edda · Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation · Part 1

Life events

Fenrer bit off Tyr’s hand after the gods refused to release him.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VIII · The Asas · Part 2)
- With: Tyr
- “But when the asas would not loose the Fenris-wolf, he bit Tyr’s hand off at the place of the wolf’s joint (the wrist; Icel. úlfliðr).”
Loke and Angerboda begot the Fenris-wolf, Jormungand, and Hel.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 Jotunheim)
- With: Loki Angerboda Jormungand Hel
- “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”
The gods took Loke’s three children from their fosterage in Jotunheim.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 Jotunheim)
- With: Jormungand Hel
- “When the gods knew that these three children were being fostered in Jotunheim, and were aware of the prophecies that much woe and misfortune would thence come to them, and considering that much evil might be looked for from them on their mother’s side, and still more on their father’s, Alfather sent some of the gods to take the children and bring them to him.”
The Fenris-wolf was fostered by the asas at home.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring)
- “The wolf was fostered by the asas at home, and Tyr was the only one who had the courage to go to him and give him food.”
The Fenris-wolf broke free from the fetter Lading.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring)
- “But as soon as he spurned against it the fetter burst asunder, and he was free from Lading.”
The Fenris-wolf broke loose from the fetter Drome.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring)
- “Thus he broke loose out of Drome.”
The asas bound the Fenris-wolf with Gleipner after he agreed to the binding on a pledge.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 Lyngve)
- “But in order that you may not accuse me of cowardice, let some one of you lay his hand in my mouth as a pledge that this is done without deceit.”
The Fenris-wolf’s struggle tightened Gleipner until he was bound.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 Lyngve)
- “But when the wolf now began to spurn against it the band grew stiffer, and the more he strained the tighter it got.”
Tyr lost his hand when the Fenris-wolf was bound.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 Lyngve)
- “They all laughed except Tyr; he lost his hand.”
The asas gagged the bound Fenris-wolf with a sword, and he was to lie there until Ragnarok.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring)
- “The wolf opened his mouth terribly wide, raged and twisted himself with all his might, and wanted to bite them; but they put a sword in his mouth, in such a manner that the hilt stood in his lower jaw and the point in the upper, that is his gag.”

Elder Edda · Oegir's Compotation, or Loki's Altercation · Part 1

parent: Loki “Rise up, Vidar! and let the wolf's sire sit at our compotation; that Loki may not utter words of contumely in Oegir's hall.”
enemies with Tyr “Ty, who was one-handed, Fenrisulf having bitten off his hand while being bound.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VIII · The Asas · Part 2

enemies with Tyr “But when the asas would not loose the Fenris-wolf, he bit Tyr’s hand off at the place of the wolf’s joint (the wrist; Icel. úlfliðr).”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring

parent: Loki “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”
parent: Angerboda “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”

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