# Fenris=fictional character?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 4, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747 "2001-03-04T20:48:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747/1 "2001-03-04T20:48:08Z")
My wife and I were discussing S.D. and life this morning, and I happened to mention our beloved chronicler of the Origin Stories of the Moderators, **Fenris**. (Note to Mods: feel free to change that phrase to a link if you want to reveal your sordid stories! đ )
Her ears perked up, and she noted that at a S.F. convention, Katharine Kurtz, creator of the Deryni, had auctioned off the right to have yourself appear in a Deryni story to help raise money for some charity that was being sponsored, or possibly to pay convention bills. And that the auction had been won by one **Fenris** , or at least that was his S.C.A. identity that he wanted her to use.
The story in question is âTrialâ and appears in her _Deryni Chronicles_ anthology.
Which leads me to wonder if our resident **Fenris** , whom I know is an avid F&SF fan and whom I seem to remember having mentioned involvement in S.C.A., is **the** Fenris.
All of which makes me wonder about this board â weâre having fictional characters show up now?!? :eek:
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747/2 "2001-03-04T21:05:48Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Polycarp \*
> \*\*All of which makes me wonder about this board â weâre having fictional characters show up now?!? :eek:
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Um, **Poly** , do you mean to imply you think that _any_ of the other characters on this board have an existence IRL? đ
What a frightening thought!
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### Author:  [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2001, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747/3 "2001-03-05T00:21:16Z")
Well, the OTHER Fenris is a really big doggyâŚ
âŚIIRC doesnât the wolf kill Odin at Ragnarok? Think itâs Loki-spawn.
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### Author:  [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747/4 "2001-03-05T02:44:03Z")
Yeah, from what I recall Fenris is a giant wolf in old Norse religion. Any number of people could have picked it up.
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### Author:  [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747/5 "2001-03-05T04:01:05Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Polycarp \*
> \*\*My wife and I were discussing S.D. and life this morning, and I happened to mention our beloved chronicler of the Origin Stories of the Moderators, **Fenris**. (Note to Mods: feel free to change that phrase to a link if you want to reveal your sordid stories! đ )
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> Which leads me to wonder if our resident **Fenris** , whom I know is an avid F&SF fan and whom I seem to remember having mentioned involvement in S.C.A., is **the** Fenris.
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::blink:: Beloved!? Thanks! You just made my day considerably nicer (itâs been a looooong day)!
But, nope. 'twasnât me. I suspect that we both got our name from the character from Norse Mythology. (Since a couple of people have asked, hereâs a couple of links to the origin of the name. Check out this [encyclopedia](http://todd.reimer.com/norse/myth.html#Fafnir) article or this, the main âFenrisâ story of Norse mythology [here](http://todd.reimer.com/norse/story.html#Binding).) Donât read too much into the choice of name. I used it as a teen in my B.B.S. days, because it sounded âtoughâ and âcoolâ andâŚwellâŚIâve just stuck with it ever since.
Fenris
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### Author:  [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747/6 "2001-03-05T04:25:26Z")
I wasnât aware of the Norse mythology connection. I had been connecting it to Fenris Ulf, a character in C.S. Lewisâ The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. I think he was the chief of the wicked queenâs security staff (and a wolf, by the way.)
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### Author:  [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fenris-fictional-character/56747/7 "2001-03-05T13:34:46Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Fenris \*
> (Since a couple of people have asked, hereâs a couple of links to the origin of the name. Check out this [encyclopedia](http://todd.reimer.com/norse/myth.html#Fafnir) article or this, the main âFenrisâ story of Norse mythology [here](http://todd.reimer.com/norse/story.html#Binding).) Donât read too much into the choice of name. I used it as a teen in my B.B.S. days, because it sounded âtoughâ and âcoolâ andâŚwellâŚIâve just stuck with it ever since.
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> Fenris \*\*
Hey! That second link was mine from a previous post! Fenris, you care! Or you found it yourself and it was all a big co-incidence⌠Naw. Fenris! you care!