Stories of wolf marriages also occur in First Nations and Native American lore. Their offspring for generations would howl before going into battle, calling upon their wolf ancestor to help them obtain victory. They had ten sons and each of them took foreign women as brides. A lone wolf pulled him out and fed him, restoring him to health and eventually becoming his wife. The enemy’s chief cut off his feet and threw him into a pond. He was the only survivor when raiders massacred his tribe. Nomadic Turks spoke of their forefather, as well. Genghis Khan was their direct descendent. Their ancestors were a blue-gray wolf and a fallow doe. The children left the den and wandered far and wide, eventually populating the lengths of the earth. Their children were born in pairs – one female and one male – each speaking a different language. Inuit say the very first man married a she-wolf. Wolves will cause the destruction of all there is.
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Fenrir will break free from his bindings, the World Serpent will rise from the depths of the sea, and the Aesir and humans will be destroyed… all but a very few. The world will be thrust into darkness and ice will cover everything. One day, the Sun will be captured and will be swallowed whole. Their names are Skoll and Hati Hróðvitnisson.
Two more wolves race across the sky, pursuing the chariots of the Sun and the Moon. This is why your wrist is called the “wolf’s joint.” It is said the gods laughed when the wolf was bound – all except Tyr: he lost his hand. So the god Tyr placed his sword hand inside of the wolf’s mouth as a gesture of good will. Fenrir was cunning, though, and he suspected trickery. To stop him from consuming the world and the heavens, the Aesir tricked the wolf into being chained to the tree. Loki’s son Fenrir, the great wolf, is bound to the World Tree Yggdrasil. For this is how he will build his great army for Ragnorok – the end of days. Only the most valorous warriors have been invited to the feast. Shields and mail coats fill the warrior-haunted room. Odin, the one-eyed god, sits upon his throne in Valhalla, feeding his wolves Geri and Freki by hand.
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