You will know him by his names. Corpse-maker and Life-quencher, he is called; the Bringer of Night, the Son of the Wolf and Brother of the Serpent. The Hooded One, he is, the last of Bálegyr’s brood to plague Miðgarðr, last to prey on we wretched sons of Adam. He is huorco. Aye, he is orco and ogre. To the hymn-singers of England, he is orcnéas. Th…
