Editing Fenrir (section)

===''Poetic Edda''===
[[Image:Fenrir and Odin by Frølich.jpg|thumb|''Fenrir and Odin'' (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]]]
[[Image:Vidar by Collingwood.jpg|thumb|right|An illustration of Víðarr stabbing Fenrir while holding his jaws apart (1908) by [[W. G. Collingwood]], inspired by the [[Gosforth Cross]]]]

Fenrir is mentioned in three stanzas of the poem ''[[Völuspá]]'' and in two stanzas of the poem ''[[Vafþrúðnismál]]''.  In stanza 40 of the poem ''Völuspá'', a [[völva]] divulges to [[Odin]] that, in the east, an old woman sat in the forest [[Járnviðr]] "and bred there the broods of Fenrir. There will come from them all one of that number to be a moon-snatcher in [[troll]]'s skin."<ref name=DRONKE17>Dronke (1997:17).</ref> Further into the poem the völva foretells that Odin will be consumed by Fenrir at Ragnarök:

{{poemquote|Then is fulfilled [[Hlín]]'s
second sorrow,
when Óðinn goes
to fight with the wolf,
and [[Beli's bane|Beli's slayer]],
bright, against [[Surtr]].
Then shall [[Frigg]]'s
sweet friend fall.}}

In the stanza that follows the völva describes that Odin's "tall child of Triumph's Sire" (Odin's son Víðarr) will then come to "strike at the beast of slaughter" and with his hands he will drive a sword into the heart of  "[[Loki|Hveðrungr]]'s son", avenging the death of his father.<ref name=DRONKE21-22>Dronke (1997:21–22).</ref>

In the first of two stanzas mentioning Fenrir in ''Vafþrúðnismál'' Odin poses a question to the wise [[jötunn]] [[Vafþrúðnir]]:

{{poemquote|Much I have travelled, much have I tried out,
much have I tested the Powers;
from where will a sun come into the smooth heaven
when Fenrir has assailed this one?}}

In the stanza that follows Vafþrúðnir responds that Sól (here referred to as ''[[Álfröðull]]'') will bear a daughter before Fenrir attacks her, and that this daughter shall continue the paths of her deceased mother through the heavens.<ref name=LARRINGTON47>Larrington (1999:47).</ref>

In the [[flyting]] poem ''[[Lokasenna]]'' verse 38, Loki insults Týr by saying he cannot deal fairly with men because "it was your right hand/ that Fenrir tore away" referring to the association between left hands and dishonesty. Týr responds in stanza 39 with references to the incident of Fenrir's binding, "I lost my hand, you the famous wolf."<ref name=LARRINGTON91>Larrington (1999:91).</ref>