Nidhogg – Dreadful Winged Corpse-Eating Dragon Who Is Enemy Of Asgard And Yggdrasil Tree

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Nidhogg (also Nithog, Nidhögg) is the corpse-eating dragon that lives entwined around Yggdrasil’s foot. Nidhogg is stalking in the roots of Yggdrasil.

In the Völuspá, a very powerful female shaman and seer, Völva, reveals that Nidhogg ("the Dread Biter") gnaws the roots of Yggdrasil; his evil deed symbolizes the destructive elements in the universe, and this malevolent dragon is, in fact, the greatest threat to the tree of life.

Accompanied by his serpent sons (Goinn, Moinn, Grabakr, Grafvolludr, Ofnir, and Svafnir), Nidhogg gnaws the root of the sacred ash tree, threatening to destroy it.

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