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queenlucythevaliant · 9 months ago

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So I've heard people give other etymologies for the name "Maugrim" in LWW, but to me it seems clear that it's derived from Managarm, the wolf who eats the moon in Norse mythology. My reasons for this are (a) Lewis was a noted Norse mythology enjoyer and also friends with Beowulf translator JRR Tolkien and (b) he had the name changed to Fenris Ulf in the American version.

Fenris Ulf is the name of Managarm's much more famous brother/father (?) in Norse mythology. So my theory is that this is basically a Philosopher's Stone situation in which Jack didn't think his American readers would get his obscure Norse mythology reference and thus replaced it with a more mainstream one. I am not an expert and could very easily be wrong about this, but as far as I am aware from reading Lewis's letters and stuff, no one can disprove me.

#pointing emphatically to my conspiracy board #a quick google has someone else claiming that maugrim is a portmanteau of “maw” + “grim” and I think my thing makes a lot more sense #this from the man who gave us Pulverulentus Siccus. Managarm is just his speed #also for the record i as a child insisted on calling him Fenris Ulf bc ThATs WHaT JacK WAnTEd and was mad at both #the publishers for changing it back and the Disney movies for using Maugrim #i have a book where i actually crossed out Maugrim and wrote in Fenris Ulf except that I was like nine so i misspelled it #so now you know #animated lww all the way #narnia #pontifications and creations #jack

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