[lit-ideas] Re: APRIL POEMS (2nd for 3rd)
- From: "Mirembe Nantongo" <nantongo@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:55:41 +0100
Who knew!? Thanks to Ursula's husband for this one. Fans of C.S. Lewis and
Narnia will remember that Peter kills a wolf in the first volume and is then
dubbed "Peter Fenris-Bane". Clearly, this is where Lewis got the wolf
character from. More info at: http://myths.allinfoabout.com/feature106.html
which includes a tale of the hereafter:
"The gods then gagged Fenrir with a sword, placing the tip on the roof of
his mouth and the hilt on his lower jaw. And that is where he will be until
Ragnarok. When Ragnarok comes, Fenrir's chain will break, and he will join
his father, brother, sister and the giants in the mighty battle that will
end the nine worlds. Fenrir and Odin will be the first to engage into
battle, but in the end he will swallow Odin, killing the Allfather. Odin's
son Vidar will then come forward to tear Fenrir apart avenging his father
and killing the wolf son of Loki."
Regards, MN
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From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:53 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: APRIL POEMS (2nd for 3rd)
>A freebie....
> (Ken is my husband)
>
> Fenrir
>
> by Ken Stange
> .
> .
> Fenrir, demonic offspring of Loki, fearsome wolf wild
> And terrible, was young among the gods. Grew crazy
> With the blood pulse of nebulae, would howl and wail
> At the turning of the seasons, the growing of time. Fierce
> Fenrir, to whom humans were insects, grew stronger than
> Gods, till only one of the Masters, gentle Tyr, could
> Control him. Fenrir, to whom constellations were moments,
> Would chase after the sun: Fenrir would want so to catch
> And devour the sun.
>
> Odin in his wisdom saw
> And said to Tyr, Fenrir's trust, `The wolf
> Must be bound, must be bound to hold steady
> The cosmic centre. Only you can feed him,
> Only you does he trust; Fenrir too fierce
> To be free. We must bind him and hold him
> Before he can devour the sun.
> .
> Odin in his wisdom saw
> And went to dwarves in their caves.
> And the dwarves did spells:
> Took the roots of mountains,
> Noise of a slinking she-cat,
> Breath of a fish, sigh of a woman
> In heat - all the invisible powers
> Of the revolving centre - and wound
> A chain of might that looked but like
> A simple silken cord
> Yet was strong
> As the winds of space.
> .
> And only Tyr could feed him,
> And only Tyr could calm him,
> Fenrir fearsome when he saw the bindings.
> Only Tyr could ease him by swearing
> The chain was but a symbol, and by
> Putting his right hand full
> Into the mouth of the wolf.
> When the chain was looped over Fenrir,
> He immediately tensed and tested its powers and found
> It would not break and the sun
> Would never be devoured and he would never
> Move free and Fenrir took away Tyr's hand
> And Tyr bled justly
> For Tyr had lied.
> .
> And the cosmic centre held . another thousand years.
>
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