Fenrir

Monstrous wolf-son of Loki, bound by the gods with Gleipnir, fated to devour Odin at Ragnarök.

Parentage

• parent: Loki
• parent: Angrboða

Children

• Hati
• Sköll

Domains

• destruction monstrosity

Powers

• Grow unstoppably and devour Odin

Epithets

• Fenrisulfr Old Norse · Fenrisulfr · nameFenrir's Wolf / the Fen-WolfSnorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning (primary)
• Hrodvitnir Old Norse · Hrodvitnir · epithetFame-WolfPoetic Edda, Lokasenna 39 (primary)
• Vanagandr Old Norse · Vanagandr · epithetMonster of the (river) VanSnorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 34 (primary)

Relations

• sibling: HelFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Loki) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: JörmungandrFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Loki) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 34, 51; Poetic Edda, Völuspá 53; Vafþrúðnismál 53 (primary)