Tyr

Loki had many horrible children, and the most terrible was the wolf Fenrir. It grew up in Asgard, but it became so huge and fierce, that eventually only Tyr was brave enough to feed it. When the wolf opened its mouth, its jaws stretched from sky to earth.

The gods decided to chain Fenrir, so they got the dwarves to make a magic chain, made of secret things like the noise of a moving cat, the roots of a mountain and the breath of a fish. It seemed like a cord made of silk, but nothing could break it.

The wolf was suspicious, and wouldn't allow anyone to go near it, unless Tyr, the only god it trusted, put his hand in the wolf's mouth. The gods quickly tied the wolf up. Fenrir snapped shut its mouth in anger, and Tyr's hand was bitten clean off. So Tyr lost his hand, but at least the gods were safe from the wolf.

Fenrir, the wolf, will not break free until Ragnarok.

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