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Jörmungandr Releasing Its Tail and Rising to Poison the Seas

OriginNorse Mythology

Jörmungandr, the world-spanning Midgard Serpent, represents the boundary of the known world and the herald of its destruction. When the cataclysmic era of Ragnarök begins, this colossal beast releases its own tail, which it had held in its mouth for eons, and rises from the depths of the Norwegian Sea. As it ascends to the surface, it exhales a lethal venom called Eitr, poisoning the waters...