Fafnir (Marvel Comics) Odin, Fafnir uses the power of illusion and intends to devour the Asgardians. Odin's son Thor, however, defeats Fafnir by driving the dragon into a chasm using his lightning, after which he frees Volstagg. Fafnir reappears when Thor's stepbrother and perennial foe Loki sends the dragon to Earth to kill the Thunder God. Thor, however, uses his mystical hammer "Mjolnir" to hold Fafnir at bay until Odin intervenes and banishes the former king back to the ruins of Nastrond. Fafnir eventually returns to Earth, destroys several abandoned buildings in New York City and battles the National Guard. Thor and Elif,
Idis (Germanic) Idis (Germanic) In Germanic mythology, an idis (Old Saxon, plural idisi) is a divine female being. "Idis" is cognate to Old High German itis and Old English ides, meaning 'well-respected and dignified woman.' Connections have been assumed or theorized between the idisi and the North Germanic dísir; female beings associated with fate, as well as the amended place name Idistaviso. One of the two Old High German Merseburg Incantations call upon female beings—"idisi"—to bind and hamper an army. The incantation reads: In line 1259 of the Old English poem "Beowulf", Grendel's Mother is introduced as an "ides": The idisi mentioned