Editing Fenrir (section)

===''Heimskringla''===
[[File:Fenrir binded.png|thumb|Bound of Fenrir. Dorothy Hearthy (1909).]]
[[File:Fenrir bound manuscript image.jpg|thumb|A 17th-century manuscript illustration of the bound Fenrir, the river Ván flowing from his jaws]]

At the end of the ''[[Heimskringla]]'' saga ''[[Hákonar saga góða]]'', the poem ''[[Hákonarmál]]'' by the 10th century [[skald]] [[Eyvindr skáldaspillir]] is presented. The poem is about the fall of King [[Haakon I of Norway]]; although he is Christian, he is taken by two [[valkyrie]]s to [[Valhalla]], and is there received as one of the Einherjar. Towards the end of the poem, a stanza relates sooner will the bonds of Fenrir snap than as good a king as Haakon shall stand in his place:

{{poemquote|
Unfettered will fare the Fenris Wolf
and ravaged the realm of men,
ere that cometh a kingly prince
as good, to stand in his stead.<ref name=HOLLANDER127>Hollander (2007:127).</ref>}}