Norse mythology
Ratatosk
Messenger of Discord Along the World Tree
- Mythology
- Norse mythology
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- Fate · Monsters
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- The Nine Worlds and Yggdrasil
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- Yggdrasil
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Ratatosk is the squirrel who races up and down the trunk of Yggdrasil, carrying spiteful messages between the eagle perched in the World Tree's crown and the dragon Nidhogg gnawing at its root far below. Named in Grimnismal and the Prose Edda, he stokes the ancient quarrel between the two beasts, ferrying insults to keep their enmity alive. Small and quick, he is the running tongue of strife along the great ash, a minor creature who keeps the tree's old feud forever burning.
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- Who is Ratatosk?
- Ratatosk is the squirrel who races up and down the trunk of Yggdrasil, carrying spiteful messages between the eagle perched in the World Tree's crown and the dragon Nidhogg gnawing at its root far below.
- Which mythology does Ratatosk belong to?
- Ratatosk belongs to Norse mythology.
- Which stories does Ratatosk appear in?
- Ratatosk appears in The Nine Worlds and Yggdrasil, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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