Níðhöggr
Also known as Nidhogg
thumb|right|Níðhǫggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasill in this illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript. thumb|Runestone Uppland Runic Inscription 887|U 887 (1070–1100), Skillsta, Sweden, showing a [[runic dragon and a bipedal winged dragon. Winged dragons are rare in Germanic art and myth prior to the 13th century, and Nidhogg is uniquely described as feathered and flying in Völuspá.]]
~8 min read
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Orthography
- ''Prose Edda''
- Poetic Edda
- Comparisons to Celtic culture
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Níðhǫggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasill in this illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript. thumb|Runestone Uppland Runic Inscription 887|U 887 (1070–1100), Skillsta, Sweden, showing a [[runic dragon and a bipedal winged dragon. Winged dragons are rare in Germanic art and myth prior to the 13th century, and Nidhogg is uniquely described as feathered and flying in Völuspá.]]
Nidhogg (, ; older , Modern Icelandic: ) is a Germanic dragon in Norse mythology who is said to gnaw at the roots of the world tree, Yggdrasil, and is likewise associated with the dead in Hel and Niflheim.