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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2007; v. 273; p. 117-119;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.10
© 2007 Geological Society of London

The Fenris Wolf in the Nordic Asa creed in the light of palaeoseismics

N.-A. Mörner

Palaeogeophysics & Geodynamics, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden (email: morner{at}pog.nu)

The Nordic Asa Creed talks about a giant wolf, ‘the Fenris Wolf’, that was trapped and chained deep in the mountains. When he howled, the ground trembled violently and fractured. With the discovery of frequent high-magnitude palaeoseismic events in Sweden not only in de-glacial time but also in Late Holocene time, it seems both natural and logical that the Fenris tale refers to frightening earthquake events in the past. Once again tales and sagas have been shown to be rooted in facts.