Jörmungand

Jörmungand is gigantic a Alarming specter of Scandinavian mythology, wire of Loki and giant Angrboda.

It is the brother of Fenrir and Hel. After its birth, it started to grow as quickly as Fenrir. According to Edda in prose, Odin launched Jormungandr in the ocean which encircles Midgard. The snake became so tall that it surrounded the world and bit the tail, which been worth the alternative names of the Serpent of Midgard or the Snake-World to him.

Accounts binding Jörmungand and Thor

Three Mythe S as private individuals are centered on the meetings between Thor and Jörmungand.

The cat to be raised

Following a challenge launched by Utgarda-Loki, Thor must raise a cat. The god puts all his forces at it, but in spite of its efforts, it does not succeed which take off only one leg of the cat-like one has to make. At the end of the tests, Utgarda-Loki will teach him that this small animal of it was immense Jörmungand itself makes, with which it giant king had given the appearance of a cat. Rather than a humiliation, it is thus a exploit.
The only written source of this account is in the Edda in prose.

The fishing party of Thor

Thor left to fishing with the giant Hymir. This last did not want to give soft foods to Thor, which decided to be done itself of it. It thus cut the head of largest of oxen of its host. Gone up on a boat, they went at a point where Hymir often went. There, the giant fished two whales. Thor insisted to go at sea further, it took the oars and took along them to the broad one. Hymir did not want, saying that they was dangerous because of the Snake, but without résultats.
Thor prepared a solid line, equipped with a large hook, started to fish, and Jörmungand bit. The god made leave the Water snake, the marine creature dribbling of blood and the poison. But Hymir was frightened, and whereas Thor seized Mjöllnir to kill the animal, the giant cut the line, letting the Snake escape in the waves.

This meeting seems to have been most popular in art Scandinavian paganist. Four engraved stones are directly dependant has this myth.

The final battle

Their last meeting will be that of Ragnarök.
At the end of the winter Fimbulvetr (the winter of the winters), it will leave the ocean, to join the giants. Thor will strike it of a blow if violent one that his head will explode, killing it of a blow. Its mouth being filled of poison, it will flow on Thor, which while staggering will take nine steps behind, before collapsing dead.

Sources

The myths in connection with Jormungand come mainly from the Edda in prose, Húsdrápa , Hymiskviða and Völuspá .

Among the sources of less importance, one can quote the Kenning S of poetry Scaldique. to faðir lögseims , " father off the sea-thread" , is used ace has Kenning for Loki. To find the translation French of that-->

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