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Nidhogg

Nidhogg was a giant worm that resided near the Hvergelmir or "Roaring Kettle", one of three sacred wells. Nidhogg constantly gnawed at one of the roots of Yggdrasill ("World Tree") that supported the world, Niflheim.

One of the signs that Ragnarök would arrive would be when Nidhogg finally chewed its way through one of the roots of Yggdrasill.

In the Voluspa (Poetic Edda), Nidhogg was a dragon with wings. He would fly over the plain, carrying corpses. The great serpent enjoyed sucking on the bodies of the dead.

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Monsters:

  • • Audumla
  • • Nidhogg
  • • Midgard Serpent
  • • Fenrir
  • • Moongarm
  • • Garm
  • • Skoll and Hati
  • • Fafnir
  • • Grendel
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The following articles contain information about mythical creatures and monsters found in Norse and Germanic myths.Related Articles Giants Norse Creation Of Thor and Giants Ragnarök

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Midgard Serpent

Midgard Serpent

The World Serpent. The Midgard Serpent, called Jörmungand (Jormungand) or Jörmungandr, was an offspring of Loki and the giantess Angerboda. Jörmungand symbolised evil. Not only could Jörmungand kill its victim by crushing constriction, the Midgard...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hræsvelg

Hræsvelg

According to Snorri, Hræsvelg was a giant who lived at the northernmost end of heaven. When Gangleri, an alias used by Gylfi, king of Sweden, questioned the mysterious three gods in the Prose Edda about where the winds come from, they answered tha...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Fafnir

Fafnir

Dragon. Fafnir was the son of Hreidmar, and brother of Regin and Otter. Originally, Fafnir was a human who was able to shape-shift. Fafnir gained possession of the treasure after killing his father. He drove his brother (Regin) away by changing hi...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Fafnir

Fafnir

Fafnir was the son of Hreidmar and brother of Otter and Regin. Once Hreidmar received the ransom (Andvari's treassure) from Loki, greed set in, in the entire family. Fafnir killed his father and drove Regin off, keeping the whole treasure for hims...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Mimir

Mimir

In the Norwegian epic called Thiðrekssaga, Mimir was the great smith who was the first master to teach Velent (Wayland), as well as being the foster father of the hero Sigurd. Mimir was the brother of Regin, who was an evil man who had turned into...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Modsognir and Durin

Modsognir and Durin

Modsognir ("frenzy-roarer") and Durin ("sleepy") were the first two dwarves who were created by the gods. They were originally maggots that fed from the flesh of the giant Ymir. These two dwarves became the first ancestors of the dwarves. The Volu...

August 17th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Garm

Garm

Hell-hound. Garm was the giant hound that guarded the gate in Hel (the world of the dead). (Garm was very much like the three-headed Ceberus, who also guarded the Underworld in Greek myths.) Garm was bound by rope in Gnipa-cave, or Gnipahellir. Al...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Regin

Regin

In the Icelandic legend, Regin was the son of Hreidmar and brother of Fafnir and Otter. When Fafnir killed their father, he wanted the entire treasure for himself, so he drove Regin away. Not long after that, Fafnir was turned into a fearsome drag...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Ragnarok

Ragnarok

Ragnarök (Ragnarok) was the doom of the gods and men, and heralded the destruction of the Nine Worlds. To the Germans, Ragnarök was called Götterdämmerung (Gotterdammerung). Nothing will escape the coming destruction, whether you live in heaven or...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
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