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Please rant about Fenris Wolf and morse mythology👀🐺

OH MY GOD REALLY????

THIS ASK MADE ME HAPPIER THAN ANYTHING IN A VERY LONG TIME THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENABLING ME!!! Okay I am working on a paper due tomorrow (which funnily enough is also about wolves hehe) so in absence of gunpoint this is not (quite) 30 minutes but here are some THOUGHTS:

(I’m sorry this got long you are forewarned)

Brief introduction: Fenrir/FenrisWolf is a giant wolf in Norse mythology, mentioned in Snorri Sturluson’s Prose and Poetic Eddas (early thirteenth century) and a lot of runes and stones and songs. He’s a son of Loki with a giantess named Angrboda and he’s brother to Hel, goddess of the underworld, and Jörmungandr, the Midgard-Serpent. Fenrir is destined to kill Odin as part of Ragnarök.

Ragnarök is the Norse end of the world. It literally means END or TWILIGHT of the gods (rök, twilight, is etymologically related to reykr which means smoke, so also implies a fire (the fire of the gods/the world) burning bright and then devouring itself. Which suggests that Ragnarök is part of the natural cycle where things grow and die and are reborn, not a monstrous anomaly)

(I don't read or speak Old Norse though I have written papers requiring me to study it a little bit, and the devouring/rebirth idea is my unsubstantiated literary interpretation and anyone is welcome to tell me I’m actually just wrong)

There are humans after Ragnarök (Lif and LifÞrasir, who in some stories survived in secret and in other stories kind of emerged out of morning dew on the other side) so it’s more the end of a time cycle than everything becoming void.

Okay now here is the most intriguing story in any mythology ever:

The gods decide to raise Fenrir among themselves for reasons unknown. Possibly to do with Odin having a connection with wolves in some stories, possibly they just want to keep an eye on him. So Fenrir grows up in Asgard and KEEPS GROWING. Everyone is terrified of this giant endlessly-growing doom-prophesied wolf cub. Everyone except Tyr.

Tyr is meant to be the most beautiful/noble/wise of the gods “the most daring and intrepid” (Snorri, Prose Edda) and he is the only one who dares come near enough Fenrir to feed him. They are FRIENDS, they’re basically brothers. Tyr presumably has a whole other life among other gods and maybe mortals but to Fenrir Tyr is everything he has.

(again, this is my interpretation but the Prose Edda definitely leaves this wide open)

Since Fenrir is destined to kill Odin and bring about the end of the world, the gods decide to chain him up and stop that from happening. They try several different chains and Fenrir breaks all of them easily. So, they get the dwarves to forge a thin silk ribbon which is the strongest chain in all the worlds. This is called GLEIPNIR.

When they dare Fenrir to let them chain him, to prove he can break anything, Fenrir obviously knows this is a trick. So he tells the gods:

“in order that you may not accuse me of cowardice, let some one of you lay his hand in my mouth as a pledge that this is done without deceit” (Snorri, Prose Edda)

Tyr lays his right hand in Fenrir’s mouth. We already know Tyr is the “most valiant” – he is making a sacrifice for the gods, for his family. He knows exactly what is going on and what will happen. He also knows that this ONLY WORKS because Fenrir trusts Tyr ABSOLUTELY.

When Fenrir realizes he’s been tricked, and that Tyr betrayed him, he bites off Tyr’s hand.

This is not going to help Fenrir get free. This is a response to betrayal by the one person he trusted, growing up in a den of people who hated and feared him, the one friend he had in the world. In the Edda this is the smallest moment but it DESTROYS me. Yes I am writing a batshit crazy epic fantasy novel about this relationship and no it will probably never be finished.

Anyway Fenrir is now chained till the end of the world and the exact way he gets free, kills Odin, and has his own cubs who eat the sun and moon, does not seem to be agreed upon by scholars as far as I’ve been able to tell. Maybe Tyr had something to do with it… No but for real it was probably something like the world-cycle came to an end and destiny was the one thing stronger than Gleipnir.

Also, while Fenrir is chained he howls so much that a whole river forms from his saliva. The river is called Ván (which I THINK means hope or expectation). Wish I knew where it was supposed to be.

Anyway – there are a lot of possibilities here about the struggle for resources in a harsh environment, monstrosity, human-wolf enmity AND kinship, being a victim of destiny, also a fun parallel to be drawn with Prometheus and other mythological characters who get epically chained for most of history.

Also - would Fenrir have been angry enough to destroy everything if they hadn't betrayed and chained him?? Would Ragnarok have happened at all if the gods hadn't tried to stop it?? Another example of trying to stop destiny only to end up making it happen?? But I need to write my paper now so these speculations are going to have to wait.

HOWEVER:

I have never been more disappointed in my life than when I watched Thor: Ragnarok and Fenrir was in it for like 5 minutes and didn’t so much as HOWL or actually do anything except snarl and do what he was told. I’m sorry Taika Waititi you are a wonderful director but FENRIR DESERVED BETTER THAN JUST BEING HELA’S TAME DOG.

Fenrir could never be tamed or mastered by anything except destiny (which I’d argue is the metaphor for the chaining). I get that Thor is its own story and not supposed to be faithful to the actual legend but come on – you go to the trouble of having a mountain-sized apocalyptic totally beautiful CGI wolf in your superhero movie and don’t even DO anything with him except make him bite the Hulk a couple times???

Conclusion: FenrisWolf is the most awesome and most misunderstood character in any mythology ever and I will die on this hill (if necessary with a sword imbued with 12 berserker souls). If you read this far I apologize and thank you in the same breath.

[useless-germanyfacts]

🥲💔

[wutheringmights]

CTB wrapped when /hj

what am i wrapping here? top characters most doomed by the narrative??

[fwoosheye]

Cold for the ask game!

Thank you for the ask! :D

"Twi? Twilight?" he asked again and shook his companion. All he got in response was a tired moan, similar to those around them.

Wait.

When had the screams turned into moans?

Legend tried to stand, but his legs buckled under him and his arm almost collapsed too as he caught himself. Everything felt so heavy and muddy and everything was swaying. What-

He felt his blood run cold when he noticed moaning turning into thuds and he finally connected the dots.

[shamrockace]

That ace story is both hilarious and horrifying, but it made my day🤭

Fshgdhgdhgdhgs I'm glad to hear that :D

[three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat]

You 🤜🤛 me

Respectfully looking a Twilight Princess Link

so respectfully. the most respect possible.

[rrinku98illusts]

Just 2 Lonks goofin around :D

The very long awaited collab piece! This was supposedly a collab with heroineoftwilight (credit to them for the story!), I just did some illustrations of the interesting points of the narrations. The above ones are from Sky's side, this one below is from Twi's side.

I know this was still somewhat a WIP (both in terms of the fic and illustration) and we wanted to rework it (sadly they deactivated when I was away) but I've been holding and working on these for a long time and I felt bad not posting it. I hope they see this, and I'm open to rework these bois if they interested!

Also, doodle dumps of the cut scenes incoming sooner or later. spoiler: LOTS. OF. IT

[linked-universe-fic-finder]

Hi! I've been trying to find a fic and Warriors is Wind's dad and Artemis is his mom but she not a nice person I think the title has the word seagull somewhere in it but I can't be sure!

You are looking for the Seagull AU by HeroineofTwilight. However, I believe this author deleted their ao3 account, or at least that specific fic? Not sure

I did find a link to copies of the fics though

Find the links here

[luwyv]

@heroineoftwilight @birdmomblogs I am proud to say that I have mastered the blender

[tired-twili]

Thanks for the tag Twili @heroineoftwilight :3 <3 rules share 10 songs you like and tag 10 people

Astral Observatory- Makir

Dragonborn- Jeremy Soule

Aloys theme- Joris de man

U- millennium parade

Sugar popped sunshine- Static-P

Royalty- Egzod

DOGLAND- PEOPLE1

Peaks Pass- Bear McCreary

Fairytale- Alyxander Rybak

Le Paradis pour toi- Gillian Hills

For tags, feel free to ignore! @le-fou-a-l-orignal @le-fou-a-l-orignal @linktheacehero @spirit-maiden @srah-the-violist @telemna-hyelle

[because-its-eurovision]

Thank you @pastlink and @helahyma for tagging me 🖤🖤🖤 Post 10 songs you like with names in them and then tag 10 people.

I’m feeling wild so ya’ll are getting my favorite Esc entries with names in the title🙃

Madame Monsieur - Mercy (France 2018) Gisela - Casanova (Andorra 2008) Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue (Germany 1981) Kristína - Horehronie (Slovakia 2010) Hari Mata Hari - Lejla (Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006) Doris Dragović - Marija Magdalena (Croatia 1999) Efendi - Cleopatra (Azerbaijan 2020) Arvingarna - Eloise (Sweden 1993) Sarbel - Yassou Maria (Greece 2007)

and of course this legendary entry: Dschinghis Khan -  Dschinghis Khan (Germany 1979)

idk who has been tagged already so please free feel to ignore this if you have: @fangirlinglikealoon @thisisntaparty @theflyingfeeling @ladysorbus @variuss-petals @jupiter-balls @heroineoftwilight @lesbiankiliel @cygnetix @there-is-just-me-myself-and-i @whats-another-song-contest

[kate-m-art]

I posted 488 times in 2022

That's 179 more posts than 2021!

260 posts created (53%)

228 posts reblogged (47%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@kate-m-art

@mluau

@scarin-aaarin

@heroineoftwilight

@ezdotjpg

I tagged 463 of my posts in 2022

Only 5% of my posts had no tags

#loz legacy - 70 posts

#kate rambles - 64 posts

#queue - 51 posts

#self reblog - 49 posts

#mluau - 48 posts

#asks - 46 posts

#quick sketch - 45 posts

#link and maggie - 39 posts

#loz - 35 posts

#delete later - 33 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#this just turned into 'please im begging all my followers to read and support the fic' but ajsjdk its really the best way to know this guy

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

See the full post

271 notes - Posted August 7, 2022

#4

A Hero's Legacy

397 notes - Posted June 5, 2022

#3

Turns out I have a problem, couple more doodles of he

651 notes - Posted January 31, 2022

#2

So the past few LU updates have been quite a bit huh? So excited to see where jojo takes the story, but in the meantime wanted to share a drawing I did for @heroineoftwilight for a little bit of fluff after the last update. Please go check out Twili’s writing if you have the chance, it’s really amazing!

673 notes - Posted February 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

And, uh, thank you... for, uh, not giving up on me. Just... thank you.

- In Space with Markiplier (part 2)

1,319 notes - Posted May 8, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[athena-theunicorn]

First line tag game!

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don't by shy and share anyway.

Thank you @wanderingnightingale for the tag 🤗

Against All Gods - fruits basket 2019

Tohru Honda woke up a year ago in a hospital bed.  

The Silence Between Them - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Zelda followed her father toward the bridge overlooking the soldier’s and guard’s training yard. Her father, King Roham Hyrule had a meeting with the Captain of the Guard, to talk about the kids who were to start training.  

The Distance Between Them - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Well, it's been quite some time, has it not, Hero?

The Memories Between Them - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

What do you do now, Hero? Without evil breathing down your neck? Without the weight of the world on your shoulders?

From Ash to Fire - Throne of Glass

Sam Cortland never really believed in the Afterworld. He always thought you would either be punished for your life, or maybe float in and endless void. He wasn’t sure. But the idea of Hell seemed to be the most fitting for the way he lived his life, and while he was dying at the hands of Rourke Farran, he was sure that’s where he’d ended up.   

waiting games - I Fell in Love with Hope

I used to get letters, handwritten and blood stained. Then I got typed letters, the smell of ink comforting. Then it turned to emails I would keep in a special folder, although I would never look at them again.

I nominate @farore-or-less @hejmaja and @heroineoftwilight !

[cantankerouscanuck]

Me with @heroineoftwilight @tarteggs @hopal-foropal @angiethewitch @sorascribbless @sorcerervaati

[tired-twili]

WIP tag game! Thanks for the tags @aheavenscorner @louwhose and @drsteggy !!<3

Rules: Write the latest line from your wip (or post where you last left off in your art) and tag as many people as there are words in the line. Make a new post, don’t reblog.

She smiled. For the time being, everything was working in her favor.

Hah hah

Tagging, feel free to ignore! @heroineoftwilight @fatefulfaerie @telemna-hyelle

[raycatzdraws]

Have you seen Nancy? I seem to have lost my toddler NANCY

Yeah, they've seen her. (in reference to this)

Leg, Four Nancy, and everyone made it safely to Ravio's shop. Four, being four, is no longer bound by social expectations and they're taking full advantage of this role.