Enjoy the warmth of a roaring fire and a hot beverage after a long day in the snowy wilderness, a tale is being told.

The shadows are evoking the tale of the binding of Fenrir, from Norse myth. All the gods are afraid of Fenrir because he's a huge wolf and Loki's son, so they decide that he has to be chained. Fenrir breaks out of every chain that they try, until they get a thin and delicate chain made by the dwarves out of things that don't exist. It looks so puny that he suspects a trick, so will only consent to be bound if someone puts their hand in his mouth. Tyr (who has been his trusted friend) agrees and when Fenrir realizes that he has been fooled, bites his hand off. Fenrir is transported to a lonely place where he waits until Ragnarok, when he will break free to kill Odin and eat the sun.

Having adopted a dog, I always feel bad for Fenrir, maybe if he had been trusted and cared for appropriately he wouldn't have become the monster that everyone thought he was from the beginning.

This is an 11 x 14 print