Jormungandr (pronounced “YOUR-mun-gand) is a sea serpent based in Norse mythology. The name itself means “huge monster.” Jormungandr was the second child of giantess Angrboða and Loki. Based on Prose Edda, also called Younger Edda, which is an Old Norse work of literature that was written around the 13th century, Odin took all three of Loki’s children. …
In Norse mythology, Fafnir was the name of a great dragon that Sigurd (Siegfried), a Norse hero slaughtered. However, he wasn’t always a dragon. Fafnir was a dwarf known for his strong right arm and brave soul. His father, Hreidmar, was a dwarf King, and he had two other brothers, Regin and Otr. When growing …
Dragons have always been a favorite of people when it comes to learning about myths that exist in the world—such included Ancient Norse, where they had dragons and serpents too. In the Norse language, the word for dragon is Omr, which simply means ‘’ensnaring snake”. In this article, we are going to look at three …
As an important element in Norse mythology, dragon is always a representative of the Viking culture. Over a millenium ago, the Danes set off into the ocean in the boats decorated with “dragons”. Sailing in these dragon boats, thousands and thousands of Viking warriors swept the half Europe and spread their Scandinavian culture there. In …
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Dragons play important roles in both the Eastern and Western myths. As one of the representative images of God in the human world, dragon bears spiritual beliefs in the Eastern and Western culture.