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A poetic tragedy drawn from Norse myth stages the clash between a chained, wolf-born figure and the gods who fear and claim him, examining filial conflict and the burden of culpability. The drama alternates cosmic, ritualized prologue scenes—where deities debate fate and responsibility—with human-level episodes featuring priests, hunters, and a priestess who confront the creature’s impact on their community. Recurring motifs include the attempt to bind elemental chaos with law, the cost of knowledge and sacrifice, and the ambivalence of divine power. Lyric invocations and stark set pieces build toward tragic reckonings that interrogate inevitability and moral consequence.

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Title: Fenris, the Wolf: A Tragedy

Author: Percy MacKaye

Release date: June 21, 2018 [eBook #57371]

Language: English

Credits: E-text prepared by Paul Marshall, Mary Glenn Krause, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)

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FENRIS, THE WOLF

FENRIS, THE WOLF

A TRAGEDY

BY
PERCY MACKAYE

AUTHOR OF “THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS”

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1905
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