Fafnir (Marvel Comics) Another Fafnir appeared in the Marvel Universe. He is a Frost Giant. Brother to Fasolt and enemy of Thor, he first appeared in 1980 in "Thor" #294. In "The Ultimates # 13", Thor briefly mentions Fafnir, when he teleports a Chitauri bomb to the wastes of Nastrond, which is home to only Fafnir the Dragon. Fafnir (Marvel Comics) Fafnir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fafnir first appears in the title "Thor" #134 (Nov. 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Based on Fafnir of Norse mythology, Fafnir first appeared
Germanic Heroic Age by several centuries, such as "The Battle of Maldon", composed three centuries after the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons,or the "Hildebrandslied", written at Fulda 300 years after the Christianization of the Franks. The Prose Edda itself originated as a handbook for skaldic poets, compiled by Snorri Sturluson more than 200 years after the Christianisation of Iceland, because poetic tradition at that time was threatened by extinction. Germanic mythology combines purely mythological material with historical events of this period. Identifiable historical characters appearing in Germanic heroic poetry, notably in the Völsung and Tyrfing cycles, include: A number of tribal kings of the