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The jötunn Hyrrokin riding a wolf, on an image stone from the Hunnestad Monument, constructed in 985–1035 AD [1] [2]. The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey states that Tolkien's spelling "warg" is a cross of Old Norse vargr and Old English wearh.
In Norse mythology, Hati Hróðvitnisson (first name meaning "He Who Hates", or "Enemy" [1]) is a warg; a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases Máni, the Moon, across the night sky, just as the wolf Sköll chases Sól, the Sun, during the day, until the time of Ragnarök, when they will swallow these heavenly bodies.
Fenrir" appears twice in verse as a common noun for a "wolf" or "warg" in chapter 58 of Skáldskaparmál, and in chapter 56 of the book Háttatal. [32] Additionally, the name "Fenrir" can be found among a list of jötnar in chapter 75 of Skáldskaparmál. [33]
The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey states that Tolkien's spelling "warg" is a cross of Old Norse vargr and Old English wearh. He notes that the words embody a shift in meaning from "wolf" to "outlaw": vargr carries both meanings, while wearh means "outcast" or "outlaw", but has lost the sense of "wolf". [28]
An old she-wolf with a sky-blue mane named Ashina found the baby and nursed him, then the she-wolf gave birth to half-wolf, half-human cubs, from whom the Turkic people were born. Also in Turkic mythology it is believed that a gray wolf showed the Turks the way out of their legendary homeland Ergenekon , which allowed them to spread and conquer ...
Warg; The White Wolf (fairy tale) Wolf (novel) The Wolf and the Crane; The Wolf and the Fox; The Wolf and the Lamb; The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats; The Wolf and the Shepherds; Wolfie Jr. Wolfoo; List of fictional wolves
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Wētā created the Warg, and used footage of different carnivorous animals as reference for animating its movements. For instance, a moment where the Warg licks its mouth was based on a wolf doing the same movement. Smith said these references added a realistic messiness to the sequence. [60]