Geri and Freki
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In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki (also spelled Gere and Freke) are a pair of wolves, companions of the god Odin. Freki translates to "Ravenous" and Geri translates to "Greed".
Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning indicates that it is to these wolves that Odin gives his food when in Valhöll, for he has no need of it himself, subsisting solely on wine.
[edit] Hyndluljóð
In the poem Hyndluljóð or Lay of Hyndla, part of the Poetic Edda, there are two "People" mentioned by the giantess Hyndla during her enumeration of the ancestors of Óttar.
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