Fenrir Greyback - literary parallels

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 138103

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marika_thestral" 
<marika_thestral at y...> wrote:
> 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.

Geoff:
Perhaps I didn't make myself totally clear - I was thinking of Fenrir 
as a nickname, although Greyback could be a family name or a nickname 
referring to his appearance....

After all, all the wolves I have mentioned, Fenris/Fenrir, Maugrim or 
Managarm are all grey and nasty.