Gleipnir

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Gleipnir is the magically forged, deceptively thin binding in Norse mythology that successfully restrains the monstrous wolf Fenrir.

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Label Occurrences
Gleipnir canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artifactInNorseMythology
magicalBinding
mythologicalObject
associatedEvent Fenrir
surface form: bindingOfFenrir
associatedRealm Asgard
associatedWith Týr
cannotBeBrokenBy Fenrir
surface form: Fenrir’sStrength
category MythologicalWeaponsAndTools
NorseMythologicalObjects
causeOf Tyr
surface form: TýrLosingHisHand
commissionedBy Odin
Aesir
surface form: Æsir
craftedWith magic
createdBy dwarfs
dwarves
culture Norse mythology
surface form: NorseMythology
describedAs soft
strong
thin
etymologySuggestedMeaning “openOne”
knownFrom medievalIcelandicLiterature
languageOfName OldNorse
locationInMyth islandLyngvi
madeIn Svartalfheim
surface form: Svartálfaheimr
materialComponent beardOfWomen
breathOfFish
rootsOfMountains
sinewsOfBears
soundOfACat’sFootfall
spittleOfBirds
mentionedIn Gylfaginning
Prose Edda
surface form: ProseEdda
narrativeRole instrumentDelayingCosmicDestruction
opposedBy Fenrir
surface form: Fenrir’sDistrustOfTheGods
oppositePropertyTo ordinaryChains
perceivedAs harmlessRibbonByFenrirInitially
predecessorBinding Dromi
Læding
property unbreakableByFenrir
purpose Fenrir
surface form: toRestrainFenrirUntilRagnarök
requiresCondition Tyr
surface form: TýrPlacingHandInFenrir’sMouth
statusAtRagnarök brokenWhenFenrirFreesHimself
strongerThan previousBindingsOfFenrir
symbolism cunningOverBruteForce
illusoryAppearance
thicknessComparedTo silkRibbon
usedToBind Fenrir

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fenrir boundBy Gleipnir
Fenrir bindingMaterialName Gleipnir
Vánagandr isBoundWith Gleipnir
Lædingr relatedWork Gleipnir
Dromi predecessorOf Gleipnir
Dromi weakerThan Gleipnir