Jörmungandr

World-serpent child of Loki and Angrboða, encircling Midgard and Thor's doom at Ragnarök.

Parentage

• parent: Loki
• parent: Angrboða

Domains

• sea chaos
• cosmic serpent and world support

Powers

• Encircle Midgard biting its own tail

Epithets

• Miðgarðsormr old-norse · eddicThe Midgard serpent that encircles the worldSnorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 34, 48 (Prose Edda) (primary)

Relations

• sibling: FenrirFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Loki) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: HelFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Loki) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 34, 48, 51; Poetic Edda, Hymiskviða, Völuspá 50 (primary)