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In Norse mythology, Garmr or Garm (Old Norse: Garmr [ˈɡɑrmz̠]) is a wolf or dog associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate. Name [ edit ]
Fenrir (Old Norse 'fen-dweller') [3] or Fenrisúlfr (Old Norse "Fenrir's wolf", often translated "Fenris-wolf"), [4] also referred to as Hróðvitnir (Old Norse "fame-wolf") [5] and Vánagandr (Old Norse 'monster of the [River] Ván'), [6] is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology. In Old Norse texts, Fenrir plays a key role during the events of ...
"Týr" by Lorenz Frølich, 1895. Týr (/ t ɪər /; [1] Old Norse: Týr, pronounced) is a god in Germanic mythology and member of the Æsir.In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples, Týr sacrifices his right hand to the monstrous wolf Fenrir, who bites it off when he realizes the gods have bound him.
Gnipahellir (Gnipa cave) is a cave in Norse mythology.Gnipahellir is the home of Garmr, the hellhound who guards the gates of Hel, the Norse realm of the dead.Garmr is often featured chained here until the onset of Ragnarök, at which time his bindings break and he runs free.
Goddess Hel and the hellhound Garmr by Johannes Gehrts, 1889. A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld.. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best-known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from Norse mythology, the black dogs of English folklore, and the fairy hounds of Celtic mythol
Adils; Alaric and Eric; Arngrim; Ask and Embla; Aun; Berserkers; Bödvar Bjarki; Dag the Wise; Domalde; Domar; Dyggve; Egil One-Hand; Fafnir; Fjölnir; Gudrun; Harald ...
A depiction of Víðarr stabbing Fenrir while holding his jaws apart by W. G. Collingwood, 1908, inspired by the Gosforth Cross. In Norse mythology, Víðarr (Old Norse: [ˈwiːðɑrː], possibly "wide ruler", [1] sometimes anglicized as Vidar / ˈ v iː d ɑːr /, Vithar, Vidarr, and Vitharr) is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance.
In Norse mythology, Gleipnir is the third iron rope created by the Norse gods to bind the demon wolf Fenrir. The Gods had attempted to bind Fenrir twice before with huge chains of metal, the iron chains of Leyding and Dromi, which Fenrir had torn apart. Therefore, they commissioned the dwarves to forge a chain that was impossible to break.