Jörmungandr - Otterup, Denmark
N 55° 30.842 E 010° 23.874
32U E 588271 N 6152882
Skulpturen Thors kamp mod Midgårdsormen - Jörmungandr - på torvet i Otterup. Kunstneren Jørgen Meier Larsen har skabt et moderne bystævne, hvor man kan sidde på ormens bugter. Skulpturen blev afsløret den 21. oktober 2000.
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Date Posted: 04/16/2021
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Skulpturen Thors kamp mod Midgårdsormen - Jörmungandr - på torvet i Otterup. Kunstneren Jørgen Meier Larsen har skabt et moderne bystævne, hvor man kan sidde på ormens bugter. Skulpturen blev afsløret den 21. oktober 2000.
English: The sculpture Thor's fight against the Midgard Serpent - Jörmungandr - on the town square in Otterup. The artist Jørgen Meier Larsen has created a modern city meet where you can sit on the worms' bays. The sculpture was unveiled on October 21, 2000.
In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jormungandr, pronounced ['jormun gand], meaning "huge monster"), also known as the Midgard (World) Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr), is a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki. According to the Prose Edda, Odin took Loki's three children by Angrboða—the wolf Fenrir, Hel, and Jörmungandr—and tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so large that it was able to surround the Earth and grasp its own tail. As a result, it received the name of World Serpent. When it releases its tail, Ragnarök will begin. Jörmungandr's arch-enemy is the thunder-god, Thor.
Ragnarök
One sign for the coming of Ragnarök is the violent unrest of the sea as Jörmungandr releases its tail from its mouth and thrashes its way onto land. Fenrir will set ablaze one half of the world with fire while Jörmungandr sprays poison to fill the skies and seas of the other half. Fenrir and Jörmungandr will then join the sons of Muspell into the plain of Vigrid. Here is where the last meeting between the serpent and Thor is predicted to occur. Thor will become occupied with battling the serpent and is unable to help others as they fight their own battles. He will eventually kill Jörmungandr but will fall dead after walking nine paces, having been poisoned by the serpent's deadly venom.
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