Fenrir Greyback - literary parallels

[cat_kind]

No: HPFGUIDX 138064

Geoff:
> Another thought I would like to run past other members is whether
> Fenrir is his real given name or a nickname. Agreed he is a werewolf
> but when did he become one? I can't see anyone naming a child after
> the monstrous wolf of Norse mythology.

catkind: Fascinating mythology, Geoff, which I've snipped because I 
can't think of anything intelligent to say about it. 

Do people think Greyback is a nickname then? I was taking that as a 
(translation of a) nordic-type surname.  Perhaps there are wild 
werewolf tribes, with proper wolfish names? 

On the other hand, if you were named Fenrir, it might be traumatising 
enough to send you off looking for werewolves ;-) 

And I thought Remus Lupin was bad enough as a name.

catkind