Fenrir may not be classified as the archetypal werewolf. However, he is considered the biggest and baddest of wolf gods. One of the most famous of all deities in Norse mythology, he is the son of the trickster god Loki and the giantess Angrodoba.

According to description, he was an absolutely massive wolf; one that gods had learned from a prophecy would one day bring about Ragnarok, the Norse version of Armageddon, known as the End of the World. The fear of the prophecy caused the gods to place the little pup in a cage. Only the God of War, Tyr, had the courage to feed and take care of the wolf.

As time passed, Fenrir grew into the giant wolf we known him as. When the gods saw this, they decided they needed to render him harmless. However, none of the gods had the guts to face the colossal wolf, so instead they tried to trick him. They told him that he was weak and would never break free when chained. He accepted their challenged and let them chain him. But the wolf was more sly and had more power than the gods would ever imagine and he broke every chain they used on him.

The gods soon realized that something quick and drastic needed to be done. They told the dwarves to make something that could hold Fenrir. So the dwarves created the Gleipnir, a substance that was very soft, but yet unbreakable. It was made from some pretty weird items like the beard of a woman, the roots of a mountain, the footstep of a feline, the breath of fishes, the sinews of a bear, and the spit of birds.

With the Gleipnir, the gods planned to bind the mighty Fenrir forever. However, the wolf was sick of the chain game. To make matters worse for the gods, when the wolf saw the weak-looking chain they wanted to use on him, he said that there was no pride breaking a puny chain. Eventually, he agreed to it, thinking that otherwise his courage and strength would be doubted. But he wasn’t stupid. He suspected the gods trickery and only agreed to be chained on one account. One of the gods would have to place their hand into his jaws and Tyr was the only one to agree.

Fenrir was then bound. Eventhough he used every bit of his strength, he would not break free. In revenge, he bit off Tyr’s hand. The gods then chained him to a rock called Gioll in the Norse Underworld, forcing a sword in between his jaw to keep him from biting on everyone. And this is where Fenrir would await for Ragnarok to occur.

As time passed, the Gleipnir weakened and when Ragnarok arrived, Fenrir broke loose and attacked the gods. He murdered Odin and broughot about the end of the universe as it was prophesied. He was eventually killed by Odin’s son Vidar, but he was too late, as Fenrir had already brought on the end. The mighty Fenrir. The bringer of strength and destruction.

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