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WorldMythologyArchive

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Contributor at Book of World History, writing on topics in world history.

Articles by WorldMythologyArchive (2)

• Jörmungandr: The World Serpent That Encircled Midgard and Killed a GodJörmungandr started in the land of giants and ended up at the bottom of the ocean surrounding all of Midgard, growing in the dark until it was large enough to encircle the world and bite its own tail. The Norse gods knew it was there. Thor had three encounters with it across the surviving mythology, and the third ended badly for both of them. This is the full story — the name, the three confrontations, the carved stones, and what scholars make of a serpent that may have been holding the world together by wrapping around it.June 9, 2026
• Fenrir: The Wolf the Norse Gods Knew Would Kill ThemThe prophecies were not subtle. Fenrir — son of Loki, sibling to the world-serpent and the goddess of the dead — would one day swallow Odin whole and help bring the current age of gods to a close. The Norse knew this long before it happened. They bound him with a magical ribbon, drove the anchor stone into the earth, and then waited. This is the full story of what led to that chain, what it cost, and what eventually came loose.June 9, 2026