Norse mythology
Jormungandr
World Serpent and Bane of Thor
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- Norse mythology
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- Fate · Monsters · Sea
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Jormungandr, the Midgard Serpent, is the middle child of Loki and the giantess Angrboda. Odin casts it into the deep sea, where it grows so vast it circles the whole world and grips its own tail. Twice it crosses Thor. When the god goes fishing with Hymir, he hooks the serpent and nearly drags it up before the line is cut; and at Utgarda-Loki's hall, Thor unknowingly lifts the disguised serpent as a great grey cat, raising one mighty paw. At Ragnarok the two meet for the last time: Thor crushes its head, then walks nine steps and falls dead from its venom.
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- Who is Jormungandr?
- Jormungandr, the Midgard Serpent, is the middle child of Loki and the giantess Angrboda. Odin casts it into the deep sea, where it grows so vast it circles the whole world and grips its own tail. Twice it crosses Thor.
- Which mythology does Jormungandr belong to?
- Jormungandr belongs to Norse mythology.
- Which stories does Jormungandr appear in?
- Jormungandr appears in Thor and the World Serpent, The Children of Loki, Thor in Utgard, Ragnarok: Twilight of the Gods, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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