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The name stoor worm may be derived from the Old Norse Storðar-gandr, an alternative name for Jörmungandr, the world or Midgard Serpent of Norse mythology, [1] [2] Stoor or stour was a term used by Scots in the latter part of the 14th century to describe fighting or battles; it could also be applied to "violent conflicts" of the weather elements. [3]
Worm, wurm or wyrm (Old English: wyrm, Old Norse: ormʀ, ormr, Old High German: wurm), meaning serpent, are archaic terms for dragons (Old English: draca, Old Norse: dreki, Old High German: trahho) in the wider Germanic mythology and folklore, in which they are often portrayed as large venomous snakes and hoarders of gold.
The Neurax Worm, a plague type from Plague Inc. and Plague Inc. Evolved. Baron Nashor, a giant worm from League of Legends. Death Worm, the protagonist from the smartphone game of the same name. Split Worm, an enormous worm that appears in Silent Hill 3. Greedy Worm, a creature from Silent Hill 4: The Room & The Arcade.
The book is set in 1919. The hatchlings of the book echo the horrors of war. [1]McCaughrean uses various creatures from English, Irish, Manx, Orcadian, Scottish, and Slavic folklore and mythology, including the bean-nighe, bugganes, the Domovoy, merrows, the neck, the nuckelavee, the Stoor Worm, and ushteys.
Player character – The dragon is the main character, and is controlled by the player throughout all or most of the game. (IE Spyro, Trogdor) Playable character – The dragon is a character that, if selected, can be controlled.
Stoor may refer to: Stoor worm, or Mester Stoor Worm, was a gigantic evil sea serpent of Orcadian folklore; Stoor (Hobbit), a Middle-earth Hobbit. See Hobbit#Divisions;
Assipattle and the Stoor Worm is an Orcadian folktale relating the battle between the eponymous hero and a gigantic sea serpent known as the stoor worm. The tale was preserved by 19th-century antiquarian Walter Traill Dennison , and retold by another Orcadian folklorist, Ernest Marwick , in a 20th-century version that integrates Dennison's ...
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