Níðhöggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasill in this illustration from a 17th century Icelandic manuscript.

In Norse mythology, Níðhöggr ("tearer of corpses") was the monster (although sometimes a dragon) that ate the roots of the World Tree, Yggdrasil and swore at the eagle living in the tree's branches. Níðhöggr also ate corpses. Níðhöggr was said to fight alongside Loki in Ragnarök. According to the poem Voluspa from the Poetic Edda, however, Nidhogg is not mentioned as fighting at Ragnarok. Therefore it must be assumed he remains in Niflheim during the battle. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (828x263, 513 KB)The dragon Niðhöggr gnawing the roots of Yggdrasill. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (828x263, 513 KB)The dragon Niðhöggr gnawing the roots of Yggdrasill. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Jump to: navigation, search Norse or Scandinavian mythology refers to the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ... Saint George versus the dragon, Gustave Moreau, c. ... This illustration shows a 19th century attempt to visualize the world view of the Prose Edda. ... Genera Several, see below. ... With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ... Jump to: navigation, search This picture, from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript, shows Loki with his invention - the fishing net. ... In Norse mythology, Ragnarok (fate of the gods1) is the battle at the end of the world. ... Voluspa or Völuspá means The Prophecy of the Seeress and tells the story of the creation and coming destruction of the world related by a völva or seeress in what could be described as a shamanic trance to Odin. ... The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems from the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up Ragnarok on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Niflheim (Land of Mists) is the realm of ice and cold in Norse Mythology. ...

Other serpents who ate Yggdrasil: Graback, Grafvolluth, Goin, Moin. In Norse mythology, Nidhogg (tearer of corpses) was the monster (although sometimes a dragon) that ate the roots of the World Tree, Yggdrasil and swore at the eagle living in the trees branches. ... In Norse mythology, Nidhogg (tearer of corpses) was the monster (although sometimes a dragon) that ate the roots of the World Tree, Yggdrasil and swore at the eagle living in the trees branches. ... Goin has multiple meanings: In Norse mythology, Goin is a serpent, like Nidhogg, that ate from Yggdrasil. ... Moin is a Frisian language greeting from East Frisia, the eastern Netherlands, North Frisia and Flensburg, meaning hello. ...

A Nithhoggr was slain by Danish king Frotho in Gesta Danorum. It is described as a serpent: "...wreathed in coils, doubled in many a fold, and with a tail drawn out in winding whorls, shaking his manifold spirals and shedding venom ... his slaver burns up what it bespatters yet ...remember to keep the dauntless temper of thy mind; nor let the point of the jagged tooth trouble thee, nor the starkness of the beast, nor the venom there is a place under his lowest belly whither thou mayst plunge the blade'" According to Voluspa, however, Nidhogg survives Ragnarok and "From below the dragon dark comes forth, Nithhogg flying from Nithafjoll; The bodies of men on his wings he bears." Bishop Asgar, etching by the Danish-Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe (1857—1945) Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) is a work of Danish history, by 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (Saxo the Grammarian). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark. ... Voluspa or Völuspá means The Prophecy of the Seeress and tells the story of the creation and coming destruction of the world related by a völva or seeress in what could be described as a shamanic trance to Odin. ...

Nidhogg appears as a mythological unit in the computer game Age of Mythology, Final Fantasy X-2 and in Final Fantasy XI, and is a special weapon(a bow) in the Game Boy Advance game Fire Emblem:The Sacred Stones. Jump to: navigation, search Age of Mythology (sometimes abbreviated AoM) is a real-time strategy computer game in the Age of Empires series by Ensemble Studios. ... Jump to: navigation, search Final Fantasy X-2 (X-2 is pronounced: IPA tɛntuː, ten-two, not ecks-two, twelve or ten point two) is a computer role-playing game in the Final Fantasy series, and the first to be a true sequel to a previous Final Fantasy... Jump to: navigation, search Final Fantasy XI was the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game to be released in the Final Fantasy series. ...

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	Norse mythology Variant of Image:Mjollnir. ... Jump to: navigation, search Norse or Scandinavian mythology refers to the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ...
	List of Norse gods | Æsir | Vanir | Giants | Elves | Dwarves | Valkyries | Einherjar | Norns Odin | Thor | Freyr | Freya | Loki | Balder | Tyr | Yggdrasil | Ginnungagap | Ragnarök Sources: Poetic Edda | Prose Edda | The Sagas | Volsung Cycle | Tyrfing Cycle Rune stones | Old Norse language | Orthography | Later influence Society: Viking Age | Skald | Kenning | Blót | Seid | Numbers
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Norse gods Divided between the Æsir and the Vanir, and sometimes including the jotnar (giants), the dividing line between these groups is less than clear. ... The Æsir (pron. ... Vanir is the name of one of the two groups of gods in Norse mythology, the other and more well known being the Æsir. ... The giants seize Freya. ... Jump to: navigation, search A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a mythical creature of Germanic mythology which survived in northern European folklore. ... In Norse mythology, the dwarves (Old Norse: dvergar) are highly significant entities associated with stones, the underground and forging. ... A statue from 1908 by Stephan Sinding located in Copenhagen, presents an active image of a valkyrie. ... In Norse mythology, Einherjar (or Einheriar) referred to the spirits of warriors who had died bravely in battle. ... The Norns The Norns (Old Norse: norn, plural: nornir) of Norse mythology are three old crones by the names of Urd (those who were), Verdandi (those who are) and Skuld (those who will). ... Jump to: navigation, search Odin is considered to be the supreme god of late Germanic and Norse mythology. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thor carries his hammer and wears his belt of strength in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ... Freyr is a very important god in Old Norse religion; not so much in Norse mythology as one might suppose, for there he actually appears in only one surviving story, but very much in the cult. ... Jump to: navigation, search Freya, in an illustration to Wagners operas by Arthur Rackham. ... Jump to: navigation, search This picture, from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript, shows Loki with his invention - the fishing net. ... Jump to: navigation, search Balders death is portrayed in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ... Týr is identified with Mars in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ... This illustration shows a 19th century attempt to visualize the world view of the Prose Edda. ... Ginnungagap (seeming emptiness) was the vast chasm that existed between Niflheim and Muspelheim before creation in Norse mythology. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up Ragnarok on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems from the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. ... This colourful front page of the Prose Edda in an 18th century Icelandic manuscript shows Odin, Heimdallr, Sleipnir and other figures from Norse mythology. ... The Norse sagas or Viking sagas (Icelandic: sögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. ... The Volsung Cycle is the name of a series of Germanic legends based on the same matter as Niebelungenlied, and which were recorded in medieval Iceland. ... The Tyrfing Cycle is a collection of legends united by the magic sword Tyrfing. ... A rune stone Rune stones are standing stones with runic inscriptions dating from the Iron Age (Viking Age) and early Middle Ages. ... This is the approximate extent of Old Norse and related languages in the early 10th century. ... The orthography of the Old Norse language since the introduction of the Latin alphabet in Iceland is a thorny subject. ... Norse mythology provides a rich and diverse source which many later writers have borrowed from or built upon. ... The Viking Age is the name of the period between 793 A.D. and 1066 A.D. in Scandinavia, following the Germanic Iron Age and the Vendel Age in Sweden. ... Jump to: navigation, search The skald was a member of a group of courtly poets, whose poetry is associated with the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking age, who composed and performed renditions of aspects of what we now characterise as Old Norse poetry. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about kenning as a poetic notion. ... The Blót was the pagan Germanic sacrifice to Norse gods and Elves. ... Seid (Old Norse: seiðr, sometimes anglicized as seidhr, seidh, seidr, seithr or seith) was a form of shamanism practised by pre-Christian Norse and arguably other Germanic cultures and continued in modern times by people who practice the reconstructionist beliefs of Ásatrú or heathenry. ... Numbers are significant in Norse mythology although not to the extent which they are in some traditions e. ... Norse cosmology, as it is given us in the source material for Norse mythology recognizes the existence of nine worlds, assigned the ending -heimr (home, realm, or world) or in some cases -garðr (homestead, yard or earth). ... Places Asgard Bifrost Bridge Bilskirnir Breidablik Elivagar Fyris Wolds Gandvik Ginnungagap Helgardh Hlidskjalf Hvergelmir Jotunheim Leipter River Kormet Midgard Muspelheim Nastrond Nidavellir Niflheim Ormet Reidgotaland Slidr River Svartalfheim Utgard Valhalla Vanaheim Vimur Yggdrasil Events Fimbulwinter Ragnarok Artifacts Balmung Brisingamen Draupnir Dromi Skithblathnir Gram Gungnir Tyrfing Well of Urd Humans Adils...