Fenrir

The wolf Fenrir or Fenris-Wolf ("inhabitant of the swamp") was the son of Loki and the giantess Angrboda. He was the brother of the goddess Hel and Jormungand, the Midgard-Serpent.

When the three children of Angrboda and Loki became to powerful, the Aesir banished them: Jormungand was threwn into the sea (by Odin); Tyr bound the wolf Fenrir with the noose Gleipnir (by this action Tyr lost his right hand); and Hel was banished into Helheim, where she became its ruler.

The dwarves first created the noose Läding and then Droma, but the wolf teared both of them.

At Ragnarok he'll kill Odin and to revenge his father's death Vidar will kill the wolf.

There are many wolves in the nordic mythos, that were identified with the Fenris-Wolf. The wolves Hati and Skalli often were seen as his children and the hound Garm was often said to be Fenrir.

Hrothvitnir ("The Mighty Wolf") was another name of the gigantic wolf.

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