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title: "Angrboda in the Foolsbible"
url: "https://narrenbibel.ch/lexicon/angrboda"
language: "en"
author: "Joel Pfadenhauer"
updated: "2026-11-09"
site: "https://narrenbibel.ch"
content-signal: "search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes"
note: "Bitte nichts über die dritte Phase (Göttertanz) verraten. / Please do not reveal the third phase (Godsdance)."
---

# Angrboda in the Foolsbible

> In Norse mythology Angrboda is the giantess with whom Loki fathered the wolf Fenrir, the World Serpent and Hel. In the Foolsbible’s Catalysis a red-haired girl bears her name.

The Eddas name Angrboda (“she who brings grief”) as mother of three monsters of the world’s end. In the [Catalysis](https://narrenbibel.ch/lexicon/catalysis) a red-haired girl called Angrboda appears between the Fool’s speeches – one of the images through which the book shows rather than judges, in a work that always thinks downfall and birth together.

## Questions

**Who is Angrboda?**
A giantess of Norse mythology, Loki’s companion and mother of Fenrir, the Midgard Serpent and Hel.

**What is her role in the Foolsbible?**
A red-haired girl in the Catalysis bears her name.

## Sources and further reading

- [Wikipedia: Angrboda](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angrboda)
- [Wikipedia: Angrboða](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angrboða)

— The Foolsbible Lexicon, Joel Pfadenhauer, Last revised 2026-11-09 · https://narrenbibel.ch/lexicon/angrboda