Facts about The World Serpent
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Ancient Norse texts describe Jörmungandr's body as so massive that its coils formed the boundary between ocean and sky in the cosmos.
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Heimdall, the watchman god, was chosen to fight Jörmungandr during Ragnarök and would slay the World Serpent while simultaneously being killed by its venomous spray.
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Jörmungandr's venom flows from its mouth into the sky and sea as a poisonous river called Eitri during the final battle of Ragnarök.
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Loki fathered Jörmungandr with the giantess Angrboða, making the World Serpent one of three monstrous offspring destined to challenge the gods.
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During Ragnarök, Jörmungandr releases its tail and rises from the ocean to fight Odin alongside other giants and monsters in Norse eschatology.
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In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr the World Serpent grows so large it encircles Midgard and grasps its own tail in the Poetic Edda texts.