Jormungand

Also known as: Midgard-serpent · Role: Loke and Angerboda’s child · First appears: Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring

Life events

• Loke and Angerboda begot the Fenris-wolf, Jormungand, and Hel.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 Jotunheim)
  • With: Loki Angerboda Fenris-wolf Hel
  • “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”
• The gods took Loke’s three children from their fosterage in Jotunheim.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 Jotunheim)
  • With: Fenris-wolf Hel
  • “When the gods knew that these three children were being fostered in Jotunheim, and were aware of the prophecies that much woe and misfortune would thence come to them, and considering that much evil might be looked for from them on their mother’s side, and still more on their father’s, Alfather sent some of the gods to take the children and bring them to him.”
• Jormungand was cast into the deep sea, where he grew to encircle the earth and bite his tail.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 the deep sea)
  • “When they came to him he threw the serpent into the deep sea which surrounds all lands. There waxed the serpent so that he lies in the midst of the ocean, surrounds all the earth, and bites his own tail.”
• Hymer cuts Thor’s line, and the Midgard-serpent sinks back into the sea.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XIV · Thor's Adventures · Part 5)
  • With: Thor Hymir
  • “just at the moment when Thor grasped the hammer and lifted it in the air, the giant fumbled for his fishing-knife and cut off Thor’s line at the gunwale, whereby the serpent sank back into the sea.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring

• parent: Loki “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”
• parent: Angerboda “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XIV · Thor's Adventures · Part 5

• enemies with Thor “He pulled the serpent up to the gunwale; and in truth no one has ever seen a more terrible sight than when Thor whet his eyes on the serpent, and the latter stared at him and spouted venom.”

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