Talk:Fenrir
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I changed redirections so that Fenris now redirects to Fenrisulfr, not the other way round. There never was a creature called Fenris (Fenris is a genitive) and Fenrir, which would be the correct nominative doesn't occur. Who or whatever Fenrir may have been, he is only found in the compound Fenrisulfr. Io 13:26, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Makes sense although usually colloquially referred to in English as Fenrir. Sjc 17:53, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I think that the article should be titled "Fenrir." I am as much a fan as anybody of referring to things accurately (and I even speak a little Swedish), but an English encyclopedia should use the commonly accepted English spelling. According to dictionary.com there is no definition for "Fenrisulfr", but the following is listed for "Fenrir":
- Fen·rir (fɛnrɪr) –noun Scandinavian Mythology. A wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar. Also called Fen·ris-wolf. Aaron Benson 17:40, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
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- Sure, if you prefer. Both Fenrir and Fenrisulfr (but not Fenris) occur in the Eddas (Io was mistaken above). Haukur 17:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
This passage: "It is prophesied that at Ragnarök the wolf will at last break free and join forces with the enemies of the gods and will then devour Odin himself. After that Viðarr, Odin's son, will slay the wolf to avenge his father, either with a sword through the heart, or by tearing apart the wolf after placing one foot shod with a special shoe on its lower jaw and one hand on its upper jaw."
almost duplicates one near the beginning. One of the two should be deleted. Pdn 00:41, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Images
The last image makes the page look whacked (it was below the categories). I'm never very good at fixing the way these things look, so someone may want to take a look at it. I did remove the Narnia and Potter stuff from the bottom, created the disambig at the top and create an article for Fenris Ulf. Wikibofh 21:52, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
- Mythology pages tend to accrue fancruft. I already removed something about Fenrir being a "summonable monster" in some computer game. Can you say "not notable"? As for the pictures the problem isn't that we have too many pictures - it's that the text is too short. I'll try to expand the article, clean it up and provide references. That should fix the *whacked* effect. - Haukurth 22:46, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
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- Sounds good. I didn't know anything about this before Random Page brought me here, so no way to expand the article. Thanks for taking a look at it. Wikibofh 23:58, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Hati and Skoll
I thought one of them chased the moon and the other chased the sun. This article makes it seem like they both chase the sun and Hati also chases the moon.71.140.3.78 17:27, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] In fiction
I think I'll add something about his role in Mike Carey's Lucifer. Is there anything else to add? Max Elstein 13:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
