Jörmungandr
Jörmungandr is said to be the middle child of Loki, God of Mischief and the giantess Angrboða . Óðinn, God of Knowledge took Loki's three children by Angrboða – the wolf Fenrir, the courpse maiden Hel, and the serpent Jörmungandr – and removed them from asgard (the world of the Æsir). The serpent Jörmungandr was tossed into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. There the serpent grew so large that it was able to surround the Earth and grasp its own tail. The old norse thunder-god, Thor, has an on-going feud with Jörmungandr in their epics and the two can be seen as archfoes. During Ragnarök, Thor and Jörmungandr will fight each other to the death.
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