Friday, April 06, 2012

F is for Fenrir

Why is Loki such a rascal? Well to start with he sired some pretty odious creatures. Angrboda, his girl-friend-giant and he, gave birth to Hela, who lives in Hel, the underworld in Norse Mythology. She is, stomach and upwards, relatively normal looking, but waist down she is a rotting carcass. Loki also sired Jormungand, the serpent who encircles midgard. But most alarming is Fenrir. Fenrir is a giant wolf with more malice than anyone can say. So frightened were the gods that they tricked him into trying out a chain, made by the crafty dwarves with binding spells, that is unbreakable. Fenrir will be chained up until Ragnarok, the battle that pits all the gods against every evil creature in existence within all 9 worlds.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/Odin_and_Fenris.jpg

8 comments:

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Annalisa Crawford said...

Hi, I'm just passing through on my A-Z list tour - and I think I'll have nightmares about this post!

Matthew MacNish said...

Effing awesome.

Kelly Stilwell said...

Wow!Interesting story!I love when bloggers have a theme.So creative!

Lynn Proctor said...

very cool idea!

Anonymous said...

That's an interesting post. I don't know much about Norse Mythology, but I love learning new things. Thanks for posting.

mshatch said...

well thank god for that because I sure wouldn't want him coming round to my door! But wouldn't it make an interesting story if someone found a way to release him...hmmm.

k~ said...

Gotta love that Loki!

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