Talk:Fenrir

message: The last image makes the page look whacked (it was below the categories).  I'm never very good at fixing the way these things look, so someone may want to take a look at it.  I did remove the Narnia and Potter stuff from the bottom, created the disambig at the top and create an article for Fenris Ulf.  Wikibofh 21:52, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Mythology pages tend to accrue fancruft. I already removed something about Fenrir being a "summonable monster" in some computer game. Can you say "not notable"? As for the pictures the problem isn't that we have too many pictures - it's that the text is too short. I'll try to expand the article, clean it up and provide references. That should fix the *whacked* effect. - Haukurth 22:46, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

text: * Sounds good.  I didn't know anything about this before Random Page brought me here, so no way to expand the article. Thanks for taking a look at it.  Wikibofh 23:58, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: I thought one of them chased the moon and the other chased the sun. This article makes it seem like they both chase the sun and Hati also chases the moon.71.140.3.78 17:27, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hati and Skoll

message: Most of this discussion page seems to be about what to do about people constantly adding references to fictional derivations, such as in Lewis or Rowling. The thing is, many editors to Wikipedia are new or inexperienced and are well meaning when they make such additions. I did it myself before I knew to read Discussion pages about such things first.
However, had I seen a hatnote at the top of the page explaining that this article was solely about the mythological character and not derivations, I would not have made the edit.
Thus, I suggest we add the following hatnote to the top of the page:
...which is a little more clear than:
I'll wait a few days and then make this change myself if no one objects.
Lhynard (talk) 18:11, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, no objections? I'll make the change. Lhynard (talk) 05:30, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion of more specific About hatnote

message: For what reason is this wolf called "monster of the river Ván"? Where is this river, and for what reason? It seems more obvious that "van" comes from "vanir" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanir - so the wolf would be the monster of the vanir, but YES this is "original research" until someone can find a book that agrees.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.81.40.95 (talk) 09:24, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Ván is mentioned as a river in Grímnismál along with a great many others, which flow "close to men and from there to hell". Ván means hope and has nothing to do with Vanir. The accent is significant. Werner Vogel (talk) 22:09, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Monster of the river Ván" - really?" 

message: I see nothing here discussing the story of Fenrir swallowing the Sun.  I thought this was part of Ragnarkok. I see mention of his offspring doing it. Seems to me that this point deserves discussion and expanation - in the Ragnarok wikipedia article, it is foretold (apparently) that he will swallow it. In my very uninformed opinion, Fenrir is BEST known (popularly) for this one act. (I wasn't aware of his Odinvore fame.) Also, I think more should be said about the name Fenris.72.172.1.20 (talk) 21:54, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The myth of him swallowing the sun can be a poetic explenation that it is his doing for producing the offspring, but the myth also indicates a variant were it is Fenrir himself who does so, as his upper jaw goes up and covers the sky when he gets free, indicating him swallowing the sun, which could be the reason he spews flames during ragnarök. Blockhaj (talk) 23:36, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fenrir swallows the Sun?