Jörmungandr

Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity

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

Parentage

Domains

sea chaos
cosmic serpent and world support

Powers

Encircle Midgard biting its own tail

Epithets

Miðgarðsormr

Relations

sibling: Fenrir
sibling: Hel

Sources

Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 34, 48, 51; Poetic Edda, Hymiskviða, Völuspá 50

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