Tag: norse-mythology
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THE ORIGIN OF FAFNIR THE DRGON (REVISED 2025)
THE ORIGIN OF FAFNIR THE DRAGON (REVISED 2025) The story of Fafnir is the story of how craving after material wealth destroys those who indulge in it. In this story the Dragon, and the Dragon’s treasure, came to symbolize the power of Greed. Now the moral is out of the way, just sit back and…
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THE ORIGIN OF THE MIDGARD SERPENT (REVISED 2025)
THE ORIGIN OF THE MIDGARD SERPENT (REVISED 2025) In the Norse and Teutonic legends, as recounted in the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlson, the most powerful and feared Dragon-like creature was the Midgard Serpent, known as Jörmungandr. Jörmungandr was so huge he was able to circle the entire Earth (or Midgard as it was called…
