Geri and Freki
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In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki (also Gere and Freke) are a pair of wolves, companions of the god Odin. Freki is translated as "Ravenous." Geri is "Greedy"
Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning indicates that it is to these wolves that Odin gives his food when in Valhalla, for he has no need of it himself, subsisting solely on mead. His source for this myth is stanza 19 of Grímnismál.
Hyndluljóð
In the poem Hyndluljóð or Lay of Hyndla, part of the Poetic Edda, there are two Frekis mentioned by the giantess Hyndla during her enumeration of the human ancestors of Óttar.
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