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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), is an unfathomably large and monstrous sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth and biting ...
The specific name "walhallaensis" references the North Dakota city, which was named after the great hall Valhalla from Norse mythology. This inspired the generic name Jormungandr , which is a Latinization of the Norse serpent Jǫrmungandr that was said to encircle the world's oceans.
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
An enormous sea snake from Norse legend that was fathered by the trickster god Loki and grew big enough to circle the globe is now the namesake for a different type of “monster” — a newly ...
Loki with a fishing net (per Reginsmál) as depicted on an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript (SÁM 66). Loki is a god in Norse mythology.He is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr.
Norse mythology has been the subject of scholarly discourse since the 17th century when key texts attracted the attention of the intellectual circles of Europe. By way of comparative mythology and historical linguistics, scholars have identified elements of Germanic mythology reaching as far back as Proto-Indo-European mythology.
(Norse mythology) Huliðshjálmr, a concealing helmet of the dwarves. (Norse mythology) Tarnhelm, a magic helmet giving the wearer the ability to change form or become invisible. Used by Alberich in Der Ring des Nibelungen. (Continental Germanic mythology) Goswhit, the helmet of King Arthur, passed down to him from Uther Pendragon. (Arthurian ...
Joermungandr is an extinct genus of recumbirostran tetrapod from the Late Carboniferous Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois.It currently contains a single species, Joermungandr bolti.