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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 ...
The specific name "walhallaensis" references the North Dakota city, which was named after the great hall Valhalla from Norse mythology. This inspired the generic name Jormungandr, which is a Latinization of the Norse serpent Jǫrmungandr that was said to encircle the world's oceans. [2]
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
Jörmungandr or Jormungandr can refer to: Jörmungandr, a giant sea serpent in Norse mythology; Midgard Serpent (Marvel Comics), also known as Jormungand;
Jormungandr may be partially cognate with the Persian/Avestan GandareBa (Middle Persian -Gandarw), which is cognate with the Sanskrit Gandharva but with slightly a different meaning. In Avestan and Persian it refers to a great sea or water monster which bound beneath the sea by the hero Keraspa (Kirsap), who eventually kills it.
Joermungandr is an extinct genus of recumbirostran tetrapod from the Late Carboniferous Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois.It currently contains a single species, Joermungandr bolti.
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The Sigurðr of the sledge-hammer incited the snake of the dangerous tanning tool, and the scraping-dragon of skins slithered across the heath of feet. People were afraid of the worm clad in the covering of the sole-path, before the long-nosed king of tongs overcame the adder of ox-leather.