Fenrir Greyback - literary parallels

[marika_thestral]

No: HPFGUIDX 138067

> 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: 
> 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

Marika:

In Sweden boys are actually being namned Loke (Loki), so why not Fenrir?

Grayback does not sound like a translation of a Nordic name thou. Varg 
(wolf) is the closest I can think of.