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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 nude and muscular Thor stands in Hymir's boat with the Jörmungandr on his fish hook. In the top left corner, the god Odin appears as an old man. [1] It depicts one of the most popular myths in Germanic mythology, Thor's fishing trip, which was known to Fuseli through P. H. Mallet's 1755 book Introduction à l'histoire du Dannemarc, translated to English by Thomas Percy in 1770 as Northern ...
The Midgard Serpent debuted in Marvel Tales #105 (February 1952) and was later tied firmly to Marvel continuity in the Silver Age of Comic Books in Thor #127 (April 1966). As in Norse mythology, the Marvel version of the Midgard Serpent is the nemesis of the Thunder God, who has two encounters with the creature – the events based directly on mythology – in Thor #272-273 (June–July 1978).
Mímir reveals that Jörmungandr had already experienced the end of Ragnarök and his battle with Thor, but was sent back in time. During Kratos and Atreus' battle with Baldur, Jörmungandr aids them and fends off the reanimated corpse of Thamur. In Ragnarök, Jörmungandr is hibernating during Fimbulwinter, but is awoken by Atreus. The giant ...
One side of the Altuna Runestone, however, illustrates a legend recorded in the Hymiskviða of the Poetic Edda, in which the Norse god Thor fishes for Jörmungandr, the Midgard serpent. [1] Thor goes fishing with the jötunn Hymir using an ox head for bait, and catches Jörmungandr, who then either breaks loose [2] or, as told in the ...
Captioned as "Thor Fighting the Serpent". Thor brandishes his hammer at Jörmungandr. Date: Published in 1901: Source: Foster, Mary H. 1901. Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology. Silver, Burdett and Company. Page 105. Author: Signed "H. L. M." Permission (Reusing this file)
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Thor's Fight with the Giants (Swedish: Tors strid med jättarna) is an 1872 painting by the Swedish artist Mårten Eskil Winge. It depicts the Norse god Thor in a battle against the jötnar . The thunder god rides his chariot pulled by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr , wears his belt Megingjörð , and swings his hammer Mjölnir , which ...