Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Jörmungandr in the sea during Ragnarök, drawn by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe in 1898.. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr, lit. 'the Vast 'gand'', see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr, "worm of Midgard"), is an unfathomably large and monstrous sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling ...
A jingoistic patriot. Ex-member of the female Wide Range Communications Platoon and a CIA Special Activities Division operative. Stationed in Afghanistan after her fiance was killed in the September 11 attacks, she was later discharged for her radical counter-terrorist methods that violated international law. Hex was later recruited by Bookman ...
Bradamante's lance, a female Christian knight who wields a magical lance that unhorses anyone it touches. ( Matter of France ) Lance of Olyndicus , wielded by the Celtiberians ' war chief Olyndicus, who fought against Rome.
A scene from one of the Merseburg Incantations: gods Wodan and Balder stand before the goddesses Sunna, Sinthgunt, Volla, and Friia (Emil Doepler, 1905). In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses.
Fenrir, along with Hel and Jörmungandr, is a child of Loki and female jötunn Angrboða. He is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, composed in the 13th century.
In Nordic mythology, Jörmungandr (or Midgarðsormr) was a sea serpent or worm so long that it encircled the entire world, Midgard. [4] Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway, such as an account that in 1028 AD, Saint Olaf killed a sea serpent in Valldal in Norway, throwing its body onto the mountain Syltefjellet.
The DVD cover of Jormungand as released in Japan. Koko Hekmatyar and Jonathan "Jonah" Mar are featured on the cover. Jormungand (ヨルムンガンド, Yorumungando) is a 2012 anime based on the manga by Keitaro Takahashi.
Jörmungandr or Jormungandr can refer to: Jörmungandr, a giant sea serpent in Norse mythology; Midgard Serpent (Marvel Comics), also known as Jormungand; Jormungandr, a genus of fossil mosasaurs with only one member, Jormungandr walhallaensis; Joermungandr, a genus of fossil tetrapods with only one member, Joermungandr bolti