Binding of Fenrir Myth (15)
Binding of Fenrir Myth
This myth relating the story of how the gods managed to trick the wolf Fenrir into letting them bind him with a magic fetter. They fail with a fetter called Leyding and another called called Dromi but succeed with one called Gleipnir. Unfortunately, the god Týr had put his hand in Fenrir´s mouth as a guarantee that the gods were not trying to trick Fenrir into being bound. Fenrir bites off Týr´s hand when he realizes that he has cannot break the fetter.
This myth relating the story of how the gods managed to trick the wolf Fenrir into letting them bind him with a magic fetter. They fail with a fetter called Leyding and another called called Dromi but succeed with one called Gleipnir. Unfortunately, the god Týr had put his hand in Fenrir´s mouth as a guarantee that the gods were not trying to trick Fenrir into being bound. Fenrir bites off Týr´s hand when he realizes that he has cannot break the fetter.
Binding of Fenrir Myth is referenced in:
Digital image of the illustration on page 15 Mary H.
Foster and Mabel
H.
Cummings's childrens book Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse
Mythology.
Digital image of the illustration on page 19 Mary H.
Foster and Mabel
H.
Cummings's childrens book Asgard Stories.
Digital image of the illustration on page 270 of the first edition in
1857 of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard and the Giants of
Jötunheim, Or, The Week and Its Story.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 176 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 183 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 185 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 185 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 192 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.
Digital image of C.
E.Brock's
illustration on page 198 in the 1930 edition of Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.
Digital image of the illustration on page 115 of the 1908 edition of
Annie
Keary's childrens book The Heroes of Asgard.