In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki are two wolves which are said to accompany the god Odin. They are attested in the Poetic Edda, a collection of epic poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.
Fenrir, also called Fenrisúlfr, monstrous wolf of Norse mythology. He was the son of the demoniac god Loki and a giantess, Angerboda.
Old Norse Úlfr (m.)
Úlfr is a very common name throughout Scandinavia, meaning 'wolf'.
In Norse mythology, Fenrir (Old Norse: “he who dwells in the marshes”), also known as Fenrisúlfr (Old Norse: “Fenrir's wolf”), or Vanargand ("Monster of the River Van"), is a giant, monstrous wolf, son of Loki and the giantess Angrboða, and the brother of Hel and Jörmungandr.
Odin also has several animals. His two ravens Hugin and Munin (thought and memory) fly around the world and report back what they see. Sleipnir the eight-legged horse can run through all the worlds. Geri and Freki are Odin's wolves.
He is often accompanied by his animal familiars—the wolves Geri and Freki and the ravens Huginn and Muninn, who bring him information from all over Midgard—and he rides the flying, eight-legged steed Sleipnir across the sky and into the underworld.
What animal is associated with Loki? Because of Loki's shapeshifting antics, several animals are associated with him. The strongest associations come from his animalistic children: a wolf, a snake, and an eight-legged horse.
In Roman mythology wolves are mainly associated to Mars, god of war and agriculture.
In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki are two wolves which are said to accompany the god Odin. They are attested in the Poetic Edda, a collection of epic poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.
Definition. Fenrir is the great wolf in Norse Mythology who breaks free from his chains at Ragnarök, the twilight of the gods, kills Odin, and is then killed by Odin's son Vidarr. Fenrir is the son of the trickster god Loki and brother of the World Serpent Jormungandr and the jotunn Hel.
The Old Norse form of the word was berserkr (plural berserkir).
In Norse mythology, Garmr or Garm (Old Norse: Garmr [ˈɡɑrmz̠]; "rag") is a wolf or dog associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate.
In both the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, Fenrir is the father of the wolves Sköll and Hati Hróðvitnisson, is a son of Loki and is foretold to kill the god Odin during the events of Ragnarök, but will in turn be killed by Odin's son Víðarr.
They are called Hugin and Munin and they sit on Odin's shoulders and tell him all that they saw. Hugin represents 'memory' and Munin represents 'thought'. The ravens were seen as a part of Odin; he needed them to go out to explore the world and return to him to tell him what was going on.
Fenrir, Hati, Skoll: Three Mighty Wolves in Norse Mythology.
King of the Wolves was a werewolf that Ciri fought in 1272 while escaping from Crookback Bog.
The Celts believed that the wolf was a powerful symbol of the moon, and they associated it with transformation, intuition, and the hunt. They also believed that wolves had the ability to communicate with the spirits of the dead, and that they were therefore able to act as intermediaries between the living and the dead.
King Lycaon of Arcadia is a legendary king from Greek mythology. He was turned into a wolf because he (or his sons, depending on the version one is reading) tried to feed Zeus human flesh in an offering.
Demon Wolves are a pack of werewolves who are all the children of a Primordial Werewolf, These specific wolves are a terror because of they are faster, stronger, more rabid and who hesitate to kill somebody, with Theseus in the pack that makes them intelligent and better.
“American Wolf” tells the tale of O-Six, a Yellowstone National Park alpha female who became known as “the world's most famous wolf,” and the people and politics that surrounded her.
The gods then do battle with the invaders: Odin is swallowed whole and alive fighting the wolf Fenrir, causing his wife Frigg her second great sorrow (the first being the death of her son, the god Baldr).
Abstract. In Norse mythology, Loki was seen as a fluid entity who had the ability to change his gender. This dissertation will analyse how modern productions have adapted this characteristic of his – he is often portrayed as genderfluid, i.e. a person whose gender is not fixed nor in identity or expression.
In Greek mythology, Kratos, also known as Cratus or Cratos, is the divine personification of strength. He is the son of Pallas and Styx. Kratos and his siblings Nike ('Victory'), Bia ('Force'), and Zelus ('Glory') are all the personification of a specific trait.
Odin and Loki are blood brothers, but the origin of this seems to be unclear in Norse Mythology. One version says that Odin killed Loki's giant father and adopted him. Another version states that Loki and Odin were both around at the beginning of time and we're good friends.