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the world serpent so huge it bites its own tail to hold reality together
means In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr is the colossal sea serpent that encircles the world of humans, gripping its own tail in its jaws, destined to battle Thor at Ragnarök.
from From Old Norse Jörmungandr, a compound of jörmun- 'huge, vast, mighty' (an intensifying element also seen in old epithets for great things) and gandr 'staff, wand, or magical creature' — so roughly 'the enormous monster.' It comes to us through the medieval Icelandic sources, chiefly Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and the older Poetic Edda, where this child of Loki is flung into the ocean by Odin and grows so vast it can circle Midgard and bite its own tail.
- family ties
- Loki's child, Thor's sworn enemy
- ragnarok role
- its release signals the end of the world
- final duel
- kills Thor, who kills it, then dies nine steps later
- name means
- roughly huge monster or earth's serpent
- ocean filler
- its body encircles the entire world