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FENRIR, or FENRIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 256 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FENRIR, or FENRIS , in Scandinavian See also:mythology, a See also:water-demon in the shape of a huge See also:wolf. He was the offspring of Loki and the giantess Angurboda, who See also:bore two other See also:children, Midgard the See also:serpent, and See also:Hel the goddess of See also:death. Fenrir See also:grew so large that the gods were afraid of him and had him chained up. But he See also:broke the first two chains. The third, however, was made of the See also:sound of a See also:cat's footsteps, a See also:man's See also:beard, the roots of a See also:mountain, a See also:fish's breath and a See also:bird's spittle. This magic See also:bond was too strong for him until Ragnarok (See also:Judgment See also:Day), when he escaped and swallowed See also:Odin and was in turn slain by Vidar, the latter's son.

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