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Post 1: The World Serpent

Jörmungandr

 We are all familiar with many of the Norse Gods, as they have been popularized through the Marvel franchise; we know Thor, Loki, Odin, and many more. Loki has 3 children each sent to different locations: Hel sent to be the ruler of the underworld, Fenrir stayed in Asgard and Jörmungandr who was sent to the bottom of the sea. Jörmungandr is the child of Loki and Angrboða and is known as the World/Midgard Serpent. Jörmungandr survived by consuming some of the sea and growing to become a monstrous serpent. To escape he tricked Thor with the help of a king. The king challenged Thor to tasks that seemed easy, yet he failed both of them: lifting a cup and drinking all the liquid. Unbeknownst to Thor, the cup was actually Jörmungandrs restraints and the liquid was all of the seas. Jörmungandr escaped and the king told Thor the truth, infuriating him.

Jörmungandr speaking to Thor
Jörmungandr is one of the most terrifying beings in Norse mythology. With him being large enough to encircle the entire planet you would have no hopes of escaping if he wanted you dead. It is rumored throughout Norse mythology that Ragnarok, the end of the world, would be caused by Jörmungandr with the final battle being between Thor and Jörmungandr. To be honest, I can't truly hate Jörmungandr or think of him as a monster. He was decided at birth to be evil and was sent to a living hell by the gods, so his resentment of the gods is understandable.
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  1. UnknownSeptember 23, 2021 at 12:51 PM

    From looking at your post, I immediately thought that Jörmungandr looked like a dragon from dnd called tamaut. Similar to Jörmungandr, she was created as a pair with her brother, hoping to reproduce and make the most superior dragon race. But they just ended up fighting and almost killed each other due to their contrasting ideals on how the supposed new race should be raised.

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  2. Adans BlogSeptember 23, 2021 at 12:52 PM

    Hey Kev what's up, I am very excited to keep up with your blog and where you go with it. I have always enjoyed the norse smiths and gods when we learned about them in school. The Jormungandr sounds very intimidating and agree with you that I would definitely not enjoy him encircling our planet sounds lets keep our fingers crossed that it doesn't happen in our future.

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  3. Anna LongNovember 7, 2021 at 11:53 PM

    Hey Kevin! I'm glad your first post was about Jörmungandr. I recognized him from the PS4 game God of War. In the game, the playable characters, Kratos and Atreus, wake him from a deep slumber within the Lake of the Nine. Jörmungandr helps lead them to Jötunheim as well as protects them by attacking Thamur's reanimated corpse. I did enjoy learning more about him as I did not know he was destined to fight against Thor and cause Ragnarok.

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