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Fenrir has been depicted in the artwork Odin and Fenris (1909) and The Binding of Fenris (around 1900) by Dorothy Hardy, Odin und Fenriswolf and Fesselung des Fenriswolfe (1901) by Emil Doepler, and is the subject of the metal sculpture Fenrir by Arne Vinje Gunnerud located on the island of Askøy, Norway. [4]
In Norse mythology, Gleipnir is the third iron rope created by the Norse gods to bind the demon wolf Fenrir. The Gods had attempted to bind Fenrir twice before with huge chains of metal, the iron chains of Leyding and Dromi, which Fenrir had torn apart. Therefore, they commissioned the dwarves to forge a chain that was impossible to break.
Fenrir (Japanese: フェンリル, Hepburn: Fenriru) is a Japanese manga series based on a novel by Chūgaku Akamatsu and illustrated by Mioko Onishi . It was serialized in Square Enix 's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Gangan from August 2018 to November 2021, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes.
The Old Norse name Angrboða has been translated as 'the one who brings grief', [2] 'she-who-offers-sorrow', [1] or 'harm-bidder'. [3] The first element is related to the English word "anger", but means "sorrow" or "regret" in Old Norse, the later meaning is retained in Scandinavian languages.
A depiction of Víðarr stabbing Fenrir while holding his jaws apart by W. G. Collingwood, 1908, inspired by the Gosforth Cross. In Norse mythology, Víðarr (Old Norse: [ˈwiːðɑrː], possibly "wide ruler", [1] sometimes anglicized as Vidar / ˈ v iː d ɑːr /, Vithar, Vidarr, and Vitharr) is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance.
In a stanza Vafþrúðnismál, Odin asks Vafþrúðnir from where another sun will come from once Fenrir has assailed the current sun. Vafþrúðnir responds in a further stanza, stating that before Álfröðull (Sól) is assailed by Fenrir, she will bear a daughter who will ride on her mother's paths after the events of Ragnarök. [7]
In Xenogears, Fenrir is the name of Citan's Omnigear; In Eve Online, Fenrir is the name of the Minmatar freighter; In Dragon Age II, Fenris is an elven warrior companion; In the Ace Combat series, Fenrir has been used as a squadron name on multiple occasions; In Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus, Fenrir is what Cloud calls his motorcycle
The Fenris Wolf first appeared in Marvel Comics in Journey into Mystery #114 (March 1965), and was adapted from Norse legends by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. [1]The character subsequently appeared in Thor #276-278 (Oct.–Dec. 1978) and Thor (vol. 2) #80-83 (Aug.–Oct. 2004) and 85 (Dec. 2004).