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What is the point of mythology today? What purpose do tales of gods and monsters of the long ago time play in our post-postmodern world? Any given myth within any given mythology can be read at multiple levels by multiple audiences. The Norse myths are no exception. Children (and the young at heart) enjoy the d’Aulaires retellings of the myths with a sense of innocent wonder at the exciting strangeness of it all.
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The story of Tyr’s binding of the wolf Fenrir is the only surviving myth of a god who must have once been a major figure in Germanic religion. Today, there are two popular readings of the role of the wolf that place twenty-first century identity politics over a deep understanding of the mythic figure itself. After examining the myth and the variant interpretations, maybe we can agree on a reading that is both historical and contemporary.