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Jörmungandr in the sea during Ragnarök, drawn by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe in 1898.. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr, lit. 'the Vast 'gand'', see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr, "worm of Midgard"), is an unfathomably large and monstrous sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling ...
Jormungandr is a large mosasaur. The holotype skull measures 72 centimeters (28 in) in total length and the lower jaw is 80.8 centimeters (31.8 in) long. [2] Based on these measurements, Zietlow and colleagues estimated a total body length of 5.4–7.3 meters (18–24 ft). [3] [4] Size of Jormungandr compared to a human
Jörmungandr or Jormungandr can refer to: Jörmungandr, a giant sea serpent in Norse mythology; Midgard Serpent (Marvel Comics), also known as Jormungand; Jormungandr, a genus of fossil mosasaurs with only one member, Jormungandr walhallaensis; Joermungandr, a genus of fossil tetrapods with only one member, Joermungandr bolti
In Nordic mythology, Jörmungandr (or Midgarðsormr) was a sea serpent or worm so long that it encircled the entire world, Midgard. [4] Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway, such as an account that in 1028 AD, Saint Olaf killed a sea serpent in Valldal in Norway, throwing its body onto the mountain Syltefjellet.
Barczyk, who turned a childhood fascination with snakes into multiple reptile-related businesses and more than 15 million social media followers worldwide, died Sunday at 54 at his home in Warren.
Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) Bolla e shtëpisë: Commonly found throughout the entirety of Albania, from the coast to the mountains [3] Four-lined snake (Elaphe quatuorlinea) Bolla me katër vija: Mostly found in the west, rarely in the mountains [3] One of the longest snakes in Europe European adder (Vipera berus) Nepërka me lara e ...
"Jormungandr walhallaensis: a new mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasauroidea) from the Pierre Shale Formation (Pembina Member: Middle Campanian) of North Dakota" "Newly discovered Cretaceous sea monster named after world-ending Norse serpent" "Pelagic neonatal fossils support viviparity and precocial life history of Cretaceous mosasaurs"
Four-lined snakes are found in Italy, along the whole western coast of the Balkan [9] peninsula, in the western half of Greece and many of the Greek islands, Macedonia (region), the southwestern corner of Bulgaria, [7] coastal Slovenia, coastal Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania. [6]