![]() Tier: Likely 10-B physically, likely 8-B with magicĪge: Unknown (Probably a teenager since he's described as a boy) He was deployed to intercept a Russian bomber squadron sent by the Anti-Gremlin alliance to spur Japan into action as Gremlin invaded Tokyo, but he was interrupted by Stiyl Magnus. As with Myth and Folklore Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported).Jörmungandr is a magician and Gremlin member named after one of Loki's children, the Norse serpent big enough to wrap around the entire world. The original article was at Jörmungandr ( view authors). John Lindow draws a parallel between Jǫrmungandr's biting of its own tail and the binding of Fenrir, as part of a recurring theme of the bound monster in Norse mythology, where an enemy of the gods is bound but destined to break free at Ragnarǫk.įamily Jǫtunn genealogy in Norse mythology Names in Bold are Jǫtnar/Gýgr Names in Italics are Gods/Goddesses Þórr will kill Jǫrmungandr and then walk nine paces before falling dead, having been poisoned by the serpent's venom. The last meeting between the serpent and Þórr is predicted to occur at Ragnarǫk, when Jǫrmungandr will come out of the sea and poison the ocean and the sky. Þórr fighting the Midgard Serpent, Emil Doepler painting. If the stone is correctly interpreted as depicting this myth, it demonstrates that the myth was in a stable form for a period of about 500 years prior to the recording of the myth in the Prose Edda around the year 1220. The image on this stone is dated to the 8th or 9th century. Of these, the Ardre VIII stone is the most interesting, with a man entering a house where an ox is standing, and another scene showing two men using a spear to fish. A stone slab that may be a portion of a second cross at Gosforth also shows a fishing scene using an ox head. Four picture stones that have been linked with the myth are the Altuna Runestone, Ardre VIII image stone, the Hørdum stone, and the Gosforth Cross. ![]() This encounter with Þórr seems to have been one of the most popular motifs in Norse art. Hymir goes pale with fear, and as Þórr grabs his hammer to kill the serpent, the giant cuts the line, leaving the serpent to sink beneath the waves. Þórr pulls the serpent from the water, and the two face one another, Jǫrmungandr dribbling poison and blood. Þórr then prepares a strong line and a large hook and baits it with the ox head, which Jǫrmungandr bites. They row to a point where Hymir often sat and caught flat fish, where he drew up two whales, but Þórr demands to go further out to sea, and does so despite Hymir's protest. When Hymir refuses to provide Þórr with bait, Þórr strikes the head off Hymir's largest ox to use as his bait. Þórr goes fishing for the Midgard Serpent in this picture from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscriptĪnother encounter comes when Þórr goes fishing with the giant Hymir. When Útgarða-Loki later explains his deception, he describes Þórr's lifting of the cat as an impressive deed. ![]() ![]() Þórr is unable to lift such a monstrous creature as Jǫrmungandr, but does manage to raise it far enough that it lets go of the ground with one of its four feet. In one, Þórr encounters the giant king Útgarða-Loki and has to perform deeds for him, one of which was to lift the serpent in the form of a colossal cat, disguised by magic, as a test of strength. There are three preserved myths detailing Þórr's encounters with Jǫrmungandr: ![]()
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