Gleipnir

A smooth, soft fetter like a silken string, Gleipnir holds Fenrir despite its slight appearance. It was made from six things: the footfalls of cats, the beards of women, the roots of mountains, the sinews of bears, the breath of fish, and the spittle of birds. These materials cannot be found in their stated forms, which gives the fetter its uncanny nature. Its strength is greater than its appearance suggests.

The dwarfs made Gleipnir after Odin sent the light elf Skirnir to commission it. Another account says that the gods had it made in Alfheim. It belongs to the myths of Fenrir, Loki’s wolf-child, whose growing strength led the gods to seek a means of binding him. His first two chains broke, but Gleipnir held him. The gods used it as Fenrir’s third fetter, and Tyr placed his hand in the wolf’s mouth while the binding was made. Gleipnir has no separate story as a character. Its role is as the enchanted restraint used by the gods against Fenrir.