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Níðhöggr (Old Norse:
Níðhǫggr, [ˈniːðˌhɔɡːz̠], lit. 'Níð-Hewer', "Malice Biter/Striker"?),
often anglicized Nidhogg, is a wyrm
dragon in
Norse mythology...
- well Mímisbrunnr.
Creatures live
within Yggdrasil,
including the
dragon Níðhöggr, the
squirrel Ratatoskr, the hawk Veðrfölnir, and the
stags Dáinn, Dvalinn...
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Yggdrasil to
carry messages between the
eagles perched atop it and the
serpent Níðhöggr who
dwells beneath one of the
three roots of the tree.
Ratatoskr is attested...
- and that
within the
spring are a vast
amount of
snakes and the
dragon Níðhöggr.
Hvergelmir is
attested in the
following works:
Hvergelmir receives a single...
- the
squirrel Ratatoskr carries messages between the
unnamed eagle and
Nidhöggr, the worm that
resides below the
world tree.
Scholars have
proposed theories...
- In
Norse mythology, Náströnd ("Corpse S****") is a
place in Hel
where Níðhöggr devours the dead
souls of the dishonorable. It is the
afterlife for those...
- in the
garden of the
Hesperides protecting the
golden apples.
Similarly Níðhöggr (Nidhogg Nagar), the
dragon of
Norse mythology, eats from the
roots of...
- the
third stands over Niflheim, and
under that root is Hvergelmir, and
Nídhöggr gnaws the root from below.
Gylfi is
furthermore informed that when Loki...
- that
killed Beowulf, the
central dragon in the Völsung
Cycle – Fáfnir,
Níðhöggr, and the
great sea serpent, Jǫrmungandr,
including subcategories such as...
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stanza 66, the völva ends her
account with a
description of the
dragon Níðhöggr,
corpses in his jaws,
flying through the air. The völva then "sinks down...
