![]() The second encounter where the two met was on a fishing trip, and the Thor had brought along the giant Hymir, problems emerged when Hymir refused to provide Thor with a bait for fishing. Remember that this whole time the colossal cat was Jomugandr. This first instance was to a test of Thor’s strength, he was then asked to lift a colossal cat that he obviously couldn’t do, but to the shock of everyone who was watching, he lifted one of the cat’s paws. And the first encounter was when he was running errands for King Utgarda Loki. Jomugandr and Thor had a history though short, we are informed that the two met in three different occasions. Notable also is that Jomugandr did not go down a loser because Thor also succumbed to Jomugandr poisonous venom. Jomugandr was however killed in the fight by his mortal enemy Thor by just hitting him with a hammer. Jomugandr story begins with Odin a god that tossed him into the sea, Jomugandr however had a good connection with another god, Odin’s son who was also the thunder god, going by the name Thor.Īfter being tossed in the deep dark ocean, Jomugandr nevers stayed under instead he rose above the waves and when the days of Ragnarok began, Jomugandr his father and brother teamed up and journeyed to Asgard to slay the Aesir gods. In essence is that the appearance of Jormugandr was a combination of both the serpent and that of a dragon. His second name was because he could encircle the Midgard with his tail in his mouth. He is also a brother to Wolf fenrir and apart from his famous name Jormgandr he also went by the name the Midgard Serpent. Jormugandr was a son to loki and giantess Angrbroda. There are other dragons mentioned in the story but none that has a name to go with it. For example, there was a dagon that was put to death by the mighty Sigurd, and there hasn’t been any literature that had the name of the dragon. Notable is that there are other dragons that did not bear much significance in this story thus we didn’t explicate much on them. And as you read more about the dragons, you will also find other different sources referring to the dragons as Omr. If you are however, to look at the dragon names from the Vikings world then they referred to them as dreki. Norse dragon NameĪccording to the Norse mythology it is believed that there were only three figures and which were also believed to be dragons which were Jormungandr, Fafnir and Nidhogg. In the era of the Vikings dragons were deemed indestructible thus a Viking who would manage to kill one, was considered to have mighty strength. While the dragon symbol was also used to ward off other scary creatures and beasts thus it was considered a symbol of protection. Norse dragon meaning- in the ancient times, the Norse dragon conveyed the ideas of strength and bravery. The conception of the evolution of the worms into dragons is believed to be because of the influence of from continental Europe and which was facilitated by Christianization and the translated romances. What is baffling though is that there hasn’t been a logical explanation of the differences between regular snakes and Germanic dragons given that both of them are referred to as Old Norse ormr.Īccording to the Germanic fork lore and literature, the wingless and legless worms and lindworms evolved, they therefore, developed wings and transitioned into four legged Romanesque dragons. Norse Dragon Origin- the Norse dragons originate from Germanic mythology, they are snake like legendary creatures with a huge body structure and are dangerously venomous serpents. Norse Mythology revolves around three dragons with different personalities that play the main characters as explicated in the below excerpt. They fight and kill each other because of jealousy, and are deceitful. The Norse dragons are embroiled in war, and are greedy for wealth to the point of killing their immediate family members. Norse Dragons in Norse Mythology tell the story of the day to day life of the Norse dragons and which reflects that of the modern society.
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