Freki

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Freki is one of the two legendary wolves who accompany the Norse god Odin in mythology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Freki canonical 4
Huginn 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Norse mythology
legendary creature
mythological wolf
appearsIn Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
appearsInArtAs wolf at Odin's side
associatedWith Valhalla
battle
death
ravens Huginn and Muninn
linked to: Muninn

war
Æsir
linked to: Aesir
belongsToPantheon Norse pantheon
linked to: Aesir
category Mythological canines
Odin
Wolves in Norse mythology
companionOf Odin
contrastedWith Huginn and Muninn
linked to: Muninn
cosmologicalLocation Asgard
culture Norse
eatsFoodGivenBy Odin
feedsOn meat from Odin's table
hasCompanionRole follows Odin into battle
hasGender male
iconographicAttributeOf Odin
keptAt Valhalla
languageOfName Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
literarySource Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda
linked to: Prose Edda
mentionedIn Grímnismál
mythology Norse mythology
nameMeaning "the ravenous one"
narrativeFunction emphasizes Odin's connection to beasts of battle
oneOf Odin's two wolves
partnerOf Geri
regionOfOrigin Scandinavia
relatedMythicAnimal Fenrir
Geri
Hati
Sköll
religion Germanic paganism
role attendant of Odin
guardian in Odin's retinue
species wolf
symbolOf Odin's ferocity
warrior hunger for battle
timePeriodOfMyths Viking Age
typeOfCompanion animal companion
worshipContext veneration of Odin

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Odin animalCompanion Huginn
linked to: Freki
Odin animalCompanion Freki
Geri hasCompanion Freki
Geri pairedWith Freki
Geri sharesFoodWith Freki