Isegrim
Isegrim ( mhd. Îsengrîn , from îsen 'iron' and green 'growl'), the wolf , is a mythical creature from the epic Reineke Fuchs and embodies the feudal baron. It symbolizes power, ruthlessness, greed, fury, viciousness, but also foolishness, which is why the devious fox repeatedly tricked him. However, the name can also be derived from grima 'helmet', 'mask', 'face' and thus means gray face / iron mask and thus represents a kenning for the wolf, and subsequently a man's name.
background
Like Reineke Fuchs , the Isegrim figure is said to have originated in the Middle East . While he is said to have had ambivalent character traits similar to the Trickster there, the wolf in Christianity ( Old Testament ) was viewed exclusively as a symbol for evil, as Satan, who was opposed to the good shepherd, the servant of God.
In the Latin Middle Ages , as Ysengrimus , the wolf was the hero of an animal poem that probably originated in Flanders in the 12th century and from which it received its name for the first time, with which it was identified in European literature from then on.