Drómi and Leyding

ritual object · Iceland · Nordic

Leyding and Drómi are the first two fetters with which the gods tried to bind the wolf Fenrir, before the silken dwarf-made fetter Gleipnir finally held him. The gods first had a great chain called Leyding forged, but the wolf snapped it as easily as a cord. They then made a second, much stronger fetter called Drómi, but when Fenrir braced his feet against the ground and braced his back against a rock, he burst the chain apart, sending fragments flying across the countryside. The two failed fetters set up the famous scene in which the suspicious wolf agreed to be bound by the 'silken ribbon' G

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