![]() ![]() In one especially important Old Norse poem (the Völuspá or “Insight of the Seeress”), Nidhogg is described as flying out from beneath Yggdrasil during Ragnarok, presumably to aid the giants’ cause. Nidhogg’s actions have the intention of pulling the cosmos back to chaos, and he, along with his reptilian cohort, can therefore surely be classified among the giants (or, as they were called in pre-Christian times, “devourers”).įrom this it would make sense for Nidhogg to have a prominent role in Ragnarok, the downfall of the cosmos. This is highly injurious to the tree, which holds the Nine Worlds of the cosmos. Nidhogg ( Old Norse Níðhöggr, literally “Curse-striker” or “He Who Strikes with Malice”) is the foremost of several serpents or dragons who dwell beneath the world-tree Yggdrasil and eat its roots. ![]() Nidhogg gnawing the roots of Yggdrasil (Anonymous, 17th century Icelandic illuminated manuscript) Book Review: Neil Price’s The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia.Who Were the Indo-Europeans and Why Do They Matter?. ![]()
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