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Nidhogg Tearer of Corpses
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In Norse mythology, NÃðhöggr (Malice Striker, often anglicized Nidhogg) is a dragon who gnaws at a root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. In historical Viking society, nÃð was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honor and the status of a villain. Thus, its name might refer to its role as a horrific monster or in its action of chewing the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking, which Norse society considered among the worst possible crimes.
According to the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, NÃðhöggr is a being which gnaws one of the three roots of Yggdrasill. It is sometimes believed that the roots are trapping the beast from the world. This root is placed over Niflheimr and NÃðhöggr gnaws it from beneath. The same source also says that "The squirrel called Ratatöskr runs up and down the length of the Ash, bearing envious words between the eagle and NÃdhöggr". In the Skáldskaparmál section of the Prose Edda Snorri specifies NÃðhöggr as a serpent in a list of names of such creatures: These are names for serpents: dragon, Fafnir, Iormungand, adder, Nidhogg, snake, viper, Goin, Moin, Grafvitnir, Grabak, Ofnir, Svafnir, masked one. Snorri's knowledge of NÃðhöggr seems to come from two of the Eddic poems: GrÃmnismál and Völuspá. Later in Skáldskaparmál, Snorri includes NÃðhöggr in a list of various terms and names for swords.
The poem GrÃmnismál identifies a number of beings which live in Yggdrasill. The tree suffers great hardship from all the creatures which live on it. The poem identifies NÃðhöggr as tearing at the tree from beneath and also mentions Ratatoskr as carrying messages between NÃðhöggr and the eagle who lives at the top of the tree. Snorri Sturluson often quotes GrÃmnismál and clearly used it as his source for this information. The poem Völuspá mentions NÃðhöggr twice. The first instance is in its description of Náströnd.
"A hall I saw,far from the sun,On Nastrond it stands,and the doors face north,Venom dropsthrough the smoke-vent down,For around the wallsdo serpents wind. I there saw wadingthrough rivers wildtreacherous menand murderers too,And workers of illwith the wives of men;There Nithhogg suckedthe blood of the slain,And the wolf tore men;would you know yet more?"
The most prevalent opinion is that the arrival of NÃðhöggr heralds Ragnarök and thus that the poem ends on a tone of ominous warning.
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In Norse mythology, NÃðhöggr (Malice Striker, often anglicized Nidhogg) is a dragon who gnaws at a root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. In historical Viking society, nÃð was a term for a social stigma implying the loss of honor and the status of a villain. Thus, its name might refer to its role as a horrific monster or in its action of chewing the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking, which Norse society considered among the worst possible crimes.
According to the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, NÃðhöggr is a being which gnaws one of the three roots of Yggdrasill. It is sometimes believed that the roots are trapping the beast from the world. This root is placed over Niflheimr and NÃðhöggr gnaws it from beneath. The same source also says that "The squirrel called Ratatöskr runs up and down the length of the Ash, bearing envious words between the eagle and NÃdhöggr". In the Skáldskaparmál section of the Prose Edda Snorri specifies NÃðhöggr as a serpent in a list of names of such creatures: These are names for serpents: dragon, Fafnir, Iormungand, adder, Nidhogg, snake, viper, Goin, Moin, Grafvitnir, Grabak, Ofnir, Svafnir, masked one. Snorri's knowledge of NÃðhöggr seems to come from two of the Eddic poems: GrÃmnismál and Völuspá. Later in Skáldskaparmál, Snorri includes NÃðhöggr in a list of various terms and names for swords.
The poem GrÃmnismál identifies a number of beings which live in Yggdrasill. The tree suffers great hardship from all the creatures which live on it. The poem identifies NÃðhöggr as tearing at the tree from beneath and also mentions Ratatoskr as carrying messages between NÃðhöggr and the eagle who lives at the top of the tree. Snorri Sturluson often quotes GrÃmnismál and clearly used it as his source for this information. The poem Völuspá mentions NÃðhöggr twice. The first instance is in its description of Náströnd.
"A hall I saw,far from the sun,On Nastrond it stands,and the doors face north,Venom dropsthrough the smoke-vent down,For around the wallsdo serpents wind. I there saw wadingthrough rivers wildtreacherous menand murderers too,And workers of illwith the wives of men;There Nithhogg suckedthe blood of the slain,And the wolf tore men;would you know yet more?"
The most prevalent opinion is that the arrival of NÃðhöggr heralds Ragnarök and thus that the poem ends on a tone of ominous warning.
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