WORLD, what it means to us? ... page 10

Once again THOR(Wotan's oldest son) WENT TO the WOLF (Fenrir, one of the three monsters living in the Dragon's Kingdom).
"ONE LAST TRY," THOR said to the WOLF, "and then WE WILL ADMIT that YOU ARE the
GREATEST of ALL the GODS."
But the WOLF was wary; the CHAIN that THOR HELD OUT SEEMED SLENDER and FRAGILE
and the WOLF SUSPECTED TRICKERY. "How do I know what SORCERY you have USED in this CHAIN?" the WOLF asked.
THOR looked innocent, "I HAVE USED NO SORCERY," he said; and this was TRUE, for THOR
himself HAD NOT MADE the CHAIN.
"I DO NOT TRUST YOU," snarled the WOLF. " To PROVE GOOD FAITH I shall ask for a SIGN
OF TRUST. One of you must your right ARM in my JAWS, and KEEP IT THERE while you BIND ME;  If no one will do it then I shall know that you are trying to trick me."

The gods looked at each other in horror. It seemed as if the WOLF had outwitted them, and then TYR,
the god of WAR, stepped forward and thrust his right ARM between the sharp TEETH of the WOLF.
Quickly THOR BOUND the WOLF with the CHAIN that the three wise maidens had made. Then he stood back.
The great WOLF again BREATHED IN as he had before but the CHAIN HELD. The WOLF STRAINED ALL HIS MUSCLES but the CHAIN still HELD. The WOLF SQUIRMED and WRIGGLED and STRUGGLED but it was to no avail - the CHAIN WAS UNBREAKABLE.
In FURY the WOLF SNAPPED DOWN ON the ARM of TYR and SEVERED IT at the elbow.
TYR shuddered but smiled bravely. "WHAT IS THE LOSS OF AN ARM COMPARED TO THE
END OF THE WORLD," he said, and that is why TYR, the GOD of WAR, has only one arm.

The GODS had conquered the immense power of the WOLF and ASGARD (the palace at the centre
of the Universe) and MIDGARD (the earth) were safe. They took the bound BODY of the WOLF
and TIED his TAIL to a huge BOULDER at one end of the BIFROST bridge between Asgard and
Midgard, and PINNED the JAWS to the other end with a SILVER SWORD.
Where the SWORD pierced the WOLF's JAW a RIVER was BORN, poisonous and yellow, called
the RIVER WAN.
And so the WOLF was enslaved, stretched across the BIFROST bridge until the END of ETERNITY
guarded by the GODS of ASGARD, for should he ever free himself his anger would be terrible to
behold.

THE END