The mythology of the Midgard Serpent

Here's the mythology about Midgard Serpent.

Of all the creatures, the Norse mythology, the Migard (mito-Gard) Snake (Jrmungandr his real name) is undoubtedly one of the most feared. A huge snake circle large enough to cover the world, Jrmungandr is one of the three sons of the god Loki Trickster monstrous and the giantess Angrboa (Ang-r-Botha, which means the bearer of pain), while the others are the great wolf Fenrir and Hel, queen of the underworld.

Realization of the threat posed by this huge snake, the father of the gods, Odin, threw the serpent in the depths of the sea that surrounds them in all countries "(Prose Edda 34), where his writhing caused traffic congestion and movement wave. While at sea, has grown so large that Jrmungandr completely immersed in the world with its tail in its mouth, and so is an example of Ouroboros (a snake eating its tail, the circle fatal, life from death).

There are three main stories of Norse mythology of the snake Migard, all included in Prose Edda, the story of creation and the Nordic countries, by Snorri Sturluson in the thirteenth century. All of them belong to the god Thor, as the Migard Snake (or Migarsormr as it was in Old Icelandic) is the god of Nemesis. The first story is the story of Thor's visit to the house of the giant utgår-Loki. Thor is facing the challenge of multiple roles, none of which are as they seem. One of these is the abolition utgår-cat's Loki, Thor, and surprise, he is only able to raise a paw of the cat. But the day after the show hosts the truth, admitting "everything that you've seen an increase in the cat paws on the ground grew afraid, because this cat was not what it seemed. It 'was the snake is Migard so high that almost heaven "(Prose Edda 37).

The next story tells of Jrmungandr in the next chapter of the Prose Edda, known Hsdrpa (Hoose-Drow-pa) poetry art panels in the kitchen. In one of the photos, Thor is fishing in a boat with the huge Hymir. With the head of the largest Hymir Ox, Himinhrjot (He in HUR-Yot) as bait, Thor has a fear of sea snake. The description of the animals is truly frightening, a large, powerful snake, "spits out poison." Hymir cut the rope, preventing a fight between the two.

These two stories of the serpent said Migard are both in the past, and the third and final story of the divine animal is a prediction of what will Ragnark, the Nordic countries apocalypse. Finally, after the next Hymir missed the boat, you are in front of the god of thunder, Thor, in a battle that marked the end of the two of them. Enraged after his father suffered devoured Odin Fenrir the wolf, Thor Jrmungandr his old adversary, the "poison spews so much so that at a later time in the air and at sea" (Prose Edda 51).

The fight against the wild, Thor Jrmungandr finally overwhelms and kills him with his hammer, but it is very poisoned in the process. Although Migard Serpent die before his old enemies, Thor only nine steps before succumbing to the poison and falls dead. The end of Ragnark same symbolizes the snake came to see as Ouroboros, the company created from the ruins of the old, dead world, burned by the fire demon SURT, create a new world, free from the evils of the old.

And where has the myth of the snake Migard from? The most important source we have for the serpent is the Migard Prose Edda, which is not until the thirteenth century. Until then, it is certain that in Norse mythology, but without specific references, but it is impossible to say how long it has been a part of it. E 'state, at least at first myth Snorri Sturluson wrote the Prose Edda, as the history of fishing and the catch of Thor Jrmungandr is Altuna Vikings (Altunastenen), an eleventh century pagan Vikings in Sweden. It makes sense that they existed long before this show, because nobody else is history. Where, then, came the idea of a huge snake in the first place? The large number of similar animals in other cultures such as Celtic and Jewish Curruid Leviathan, certainly can not be a coincidence? First of all, a giant snake is the kind of beings that simply in the spring, the fantasy, and it is unlikely that they would have many cultures as part of their folklore. However, the Nordic countries, people do not live in a bubble, separated from the rest of the world, and is much more likely that because of war and trade, were able to test their ideas with other cultures and other societies' myths own. It is fact that, for example, long before the Prose Edda, there is the Vikings invaded Britain and it would be certainly more Celtic myths. But this myth was created, it is impossible for us to say where or how it began, and that we can make the connections between cultures and the similarities in their myths and folklore. One thing is certain, and that is Jrmungandr which remains one of the most feared of all animals known folklore.