WOLVES

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" Brother and Sister " // © Stephanie Brown

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one can of soda tall…

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Wolf portrait by ambquinn

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Pictures by safi kok

Hudson bay wolf (Canis lupus hudsonicus).

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Wolf

by LAM- Photography

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A beautiful red wolf. There are fewer than 25 red wolves left in the wild 

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Picture by Westend61

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Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) [x]

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Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

Photos © Tim Melling

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Wolf pack wandering near cabin in Quebec

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Pictures by safi kok

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Wolf’s Rain

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Pictures by Westend61

It’s puppy season ♥️

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Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) in Quebec, Canada by Heather King

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In Norse mythology, we find numerous wolves. There are the wolves Geri and Freki, accompanying the god Odin. Skalli/Sköll and Hati are responsible for chasing the sun and moon across the heavens, and finally devouring them at Ragnarök when the world comes to an end (more about this below, keep reading).

This "chasing of the sun/moon" is essential for Norse cosmology. It is an etiological myth that tries to explain the movement of sun and moon; the wolves Skalli and Hati, like their counterparts in other myths, are responsible for the movement of sun and moon; without them, day and night would not exist, and consequently they create the cycles of the seasons. It shows the role of wolves in cosmology.

As I said above, Freki is also a name applied to the monstrous wolf Fenrir in the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá. Fenrir, together with Hel and the World Serpent, is a child of Loki and giantess Angrboða.

In the Prose Edda, additional information is given about Fenrir (Freki), including that, due to the god's knowledge of prophecies foretelling great trouble from Fenrir and his rapid growth, the gods bound him and as a result Fenrir bit off the right hand of the god Týr.

Wolves were seen as both being negative and positive to the Norse people. On one hand, they can represent chaos and destruction (e.g. Fenrir, Skoll, and Hati), while on the other hand, they can also represent bravery, loyalty, protection, and wisdom.