Jörmungandr: The World Serpent (Exploring Dragons and Serpents)

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Despite the wisdom and knowledge that Odin gained, the realization of Ragnarok was his own doing.

[@whynonbelieversareidiots8543]

snake of outer darkness

[@Xbalanque84]

That is pretty much the defining mark of trickster beings, _too clever for their own good._

[@Vanished_Mostly]

That's some pretty damn awesome artwork there at the beginning. Seriously.

[@lorddevilfish5868]

Yeah the artwork is always a highlight of LOH videos

[@25Erix]

You missed one of Loki's kids. His third and least problematic son, Sleipnir. But other than that, solid video on the son that was yeeted into the ocean. The way I see, the entire myth surrounding Jormungandr and his siblings is a lesson on how prophecy is a very nebulous concept. Odin had a prophecy and inadvertently brought it about by trying to avoid it. Consigning Hel to Niflheim, yeeting Jormungandr into the ocean, and binding Fenrir (who was being a good boy with no indication he was about to go bad, mind you) is a pretty good way to make yourself the instrument of your own destruction.

[@dragonheart1236]

To quote Overly Sarcastic Productions "And the Fenris wolf was perfectly happy hanging out in Asgard with his best buddy Tyr"

[@SuperChimcham]

Interesting, this is how I think prophecy happens. Everything is circular, so time is just the present repeating the same processes in a finite space making the pattern more condensed and that manifest as advancement in humanity. So prophecy is our memory of the past projected into the future. Or could be downloads from source.

[@SuperChimcham]

I can show prolly another dozen beings that “created” the Earth.

[@Kaijugan]

He also forgot Skali and Vali.

[@Kaijugan]

@@dragonheart1236 EXACTLY! Ragnarok could have completely been avoided if the Aesir weren't such prolific assholes

[@The_Nightsong]

As a Swede, i'm always excited for norse myths 😁😁

[@thedoruk6324]

I never see him much of a villain honestly just an antagonistic force to cruel and hostile deities

[@lorddevilfish5868]

He’s just a beast that was abused by the gods.

[@joelskinner13]

Great job! I realy like how it's not only entertaining but also informative.

[@robbabcock_]

Great video! I'm fascinated with Norse mythology in general, and I like this scroll-and-dagger theme background. I'm glad you brought it back!⚔🏹👍

[@CuteDwarf11]

Odin pretty much signed his own death warrant when he decided to do away with Loki's children in different ways. Way to go, Odin. A lot of people said you were smarter than Zeus, your Greek counterpart, but it only seems to be true by a few degrees.

[@SamuelGalvan_]

I mean, Zeus managed to figure out what the previous two supreme Greek gods could never, how to have kids and not get overthrown. Heck he has kids galore. Give him that much lol.

[@CuteDwarf11]

@@SamuelGalvan_ Yeah, kids galore, but NO SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY for his actions.

[@Xbalanque84]

Hilariously, in both cases, their cleverness was won by cheating, Odin by sacrificing an eye to know everything, Zeus by eating/absorbing Metis, the goddess of feminine guile.

[@Xbalanque84]

​@@CuteDwarf11 Which was entirely the point. Half the reason he went out of his way to bed so many [birthing persons] (and occasionally male children) was because he had broken the divine blood feud/succession cycle by becoming too clever to ever be overthrown. Hence, he could get away with siring as many offspring as he wanted.

[@CuteDwarf11]

@@Xbalanque84 Zeus was hardly the clever type, just scheming

[@kevinobill4818]

I love dragons because they make me excited

[@TerryB01]

"Just a garden snake. I'll just drown it." - Odin

[@HeavenAndHope]

I had a motorised rat for my cat. I called him Loki😂 my mom laughed so hard.

[@zmoneyzero]

PLEASE KEEP DOING MORE VIDEOS! I love the content so much testament of Solomon was my favorite but please I ask you keep the videos long I like the long videos I know it's hard but everything over 20 minutes at least please thank you so much

[@oddsavage]

I just absolutely love this channel !

[@OneCut1Slash]

Funny how the Norse gods are the embodiment of self fulfilling prophecy.

[@MagicJesus]

Etymology From jǫrmun- (“whole; great”) +‎ gandr (“stick, staff; magic, monster”), from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz + *gandaz. Similarly, Gandalf is "wand elf". The ring went back to the water, left in the care of the river elves-Neibelungen Lied. It's like the Horn Of Plenty going back to the river nymphs.

[@Archiiver]

Fantastic video as per usual! And now I can add another mythical entity to my list of interests. Just curious, would you ever consider doing a video on the Japanese pantheon?

[@lindakay9552]

I swear I was just thinking about this subject all night long. Recent Ring of Fire activity got me thinking about it.... The Oracle of Delphi, was believed by many historians, to have been sitting above a methane fissure when she delivered her prophecies. I think Jörmungandr is The Ring of Fire. Thunder and lightning, hence Thor, always cuts loose over a supervolcano eruption.

[@TheDreamer_Awakens]

There are statues of Hera holding Python (she is given as one of the sources of the serpent) There are stone effigies of bearded serpents (I like the computer game called God of War which has jormungandr as bearded and sounds fascinating) I highly recommend.

[@TheDreamer_Awakens]

Stone effigies of bearded serpents in greece.

[@mathieuleader8601]

also in a bit of 17th century artwork Jörmungandr is so small that normal human fishermen as anglers can catch this mythical beast

[@markhairston0212]

Finally a journal worthy of my sweetroll recipes! -Dragonborn

[@jplatt812]

I recently got a Jörmungandr bracelet from epic loot & it is sweet af. Str8 up. 🤘🏼👍🏼

[@neodonovandragoncareyblade257]

Can you do videos on Dragons Fafnir,Quetzalcoatl,Tiamat,Ao Kuang,The Hydra,Ahmuluk,Kirimu,Wyverns,and Yamata no Orochi?

[@Vedues]

And the Amaru from Incan mythology while we're at it.

[@ninjacrypt5795]

Once again just thinking of this creature a few days ago, then boom here it is, the algorithm is still running I see.

[@MrPink-qf1xi]

Great video as always mate, thanks. For the next video on this series, I would suggest Yamm, Lotan and Tiamat(Leviathan too maybe) together because they are all very similar and influenced each other. The Primordial sea deity/serpet slain by sky god. By the way will you add your Leviathan video(or other videos on similar creatures) to this playlist or remake it maybe?

[@thelegendsofhistory]

I'll probably remake Leviathan for this playlist and animate it ;)

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

@@thelegendsofhistory Can you do videos on Persian heroes Rostam or Esfandiar somewhere in future too? Its damn shame that these guys are nowhere near as famous as other mythic heroes such as Hercales or King Arthur

[@jedipadwan20]

@@thelegendsofhistory you play the previous God Of War 2018?

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Thor was only able to walk *9* steps before dying of the serpent's venom. 9 is a sacred number in Germanic Paganism

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Jormungandr wasn't the length of the world's diameter. It was meant that these serpents, dragons, reptiles were distributed throughout Midgard. They were massive, some venomous, some constrictors. But I have a theory that these dragons were another primordial race like the Jotnar or Svartalfr...

[@tyrellrivera]

14:05 Jormungandr is twisted in a way that resembles the Leviathan Cross.

[@marinakaiser7639]

Such a wonderful artwork 👍😁

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for this video👍🏻

[@eliassahlbom4472]

My father is blacksmith and carpenter. He has some time ago started making viking jewelry do to our family has viking blood he made dna test and he loves viking stuff like me he has made me belt and neclase. My father is still learning to make his jewelry better but at least he has sold some of his work i buy my jewlery from My father to support him but i like thous jewelry what was in this video very good looking 👌 (sorry bad english)

[@maccurtis730]

Jormungandr would cool in an MCU Marvel movie fighting Thor. 🐉

[@nathanbowen9204]

Enjoyed this, rock on

[@kimeraclan3135]

Not surprisingly, but the Jormungandr versus Thor chronicles would easily be accepted into the worldwide body of shining knight versus the foul dragon stories. It's just like Sigurd vs Fafnir, Ra versus Apep, St. George and the Dragon, the Thracian Zis versus the Water Dragon, and so on. Who dosen't like a story between chaotic nature and lawful humanity. There seems to also be an irony in Thor, son of the earth-goddess Jord (spelled Jörð), battling a creature called the Earth-Serpent, as in Jormungandr.

[@eliasmorton8516]

I see Jormungandr and Fenrir as to norse beings that were forced to become the villains against their own will it's quite sad.

[@SamuelGalvan_]

I would only say it about fenrir. I mean, yeah he got taken away from his mother but jormumgandr was for the most part just left alone. He was put in the ocean but it’s not like they tortured him or something, they just put him somewhere they thought wouldn’t be a problem. I know the vid says the intent was to drown jormungandrr but it’s also the first time I hear that.

[@eliasmorton8516]

True but take the view from jormungandr of the norse gods who tried to kill him when he was just a little child thats got to be something you can feel bad for

[@TheHornedKing]

I actually own that Jormungandr necklace at 6:00. Got it last month, and have been wearing it every day since. It's awesome. I was actually gonna buy it with your code from a previous video, but when I went on the site, it gave me a better one because I was Norwegian. Viking privilege! Now, regarding Hel, wasn't she gifted her position as queen of the dead, or something she accepted of her own free will? You made it sound like it was much more of a punishment than how I thought it was. My understanding of Hel as a whole, is that she was a neutral character, who was quite respected among the gods, even though they found her creepy.

[@pkealoha76]

Jormungandr it's such a silly goose.

[@marinakaiser7639]

HAIL the Old Gods the Ragnaröck has already started but it's not the End it's just a new Beginning over and over again

[@Spoeism]

Its sounds like Jormungandr was an allegory for a Sect of people who were exiled and assumed killed by the unknown terrors of the ocean, but in fact established their own global spanning empire. I wonder what ties to has to the Sea People's and The Hittites.

[@Spoeism]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder why do you speak in such absolutes?

[@Spoeism]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder As for the Dragons and Serpents... I think deifying them is also a mistake. We're dealing with a lot of gray here, not black and white regarding motivations, dynamics and environments. Is America better than Russia? Depends on who you ask and what paradigm they subscribe too. I think Enki adopted the Serpent as a symbol of rebellion because apparently it was a truly alien creature to them. And in turn those loyal to him are considered the "Fallen angels" who rebelled. But today the people who wear the serpent are anything but rebels, they're the ruling class hidden in the shadows, now engineering paradigms for a one word order, as they coil around the planet with the goals of globalization. What did Two Face say about living long enough to become the villain?

[@patrickdees5256]

In a d&d campaign, my Goliath Genie Warlock has a animal companion, giant constrictor snake that I lovingly named Jörmungandr. This video feels fitting in a ironic sense.

[@KingaKucyk]

I love him

[@angelriveraangeldavidriver2004]

Good job 👍 my friend

[@marinakaiser7639]

Lol the old Snori🤣what would we do without his sagas

[@RyousukeKirishima]

Ah yes. Jormungand Brood is also super devastating.

[@mathieuleader8601]

did you know that in one variant of the Norse Myth. Jörmungandr is not even shown to be a snake Jörmungandr is a giant cat that the god Thor has to lift as a test of strength.

[@js1423]

Maybe a video on the Hittite dragon Illuyanka, who also battles the local melee weapon-wielding storm-god Teshub/Tarhunna?

[@js1423]

@Kleine Vuurvlinder Jormungandr is quite famous, and Hittite-mythology is quite underrated

[@Megafreakx3]

I love how the story of Sky themed God (Thunder, Lightning, Sun, etc) fighting giant serpent themed monster in many cultures show us how human spread a story then make it different by combining it with their own culture, like: 1. Ancient Greece have Zeus (Lightning) vs Typhon and Apollo (Sun) vs Python. 2. Ancient Babylon have Marduk (Storm) vs Tiamat. 3. Ancient Egypt has Ra (Sun) vs Apep (Apophis). 4. Norse have Thor (Thunder) vs Jormungandr. 5. Hindu have Indra (Thunder) vs Vritra. 6. Japanese have Susanoo (Storm) vs Yamata-no-Orochi.

[@jasonsantos3037]

Water mythical dragon characters you could talk about next

[@True_Believer100]

Not all serpents are dragons but all dragons are serpents.

[@maggiemae7539]

A serpent flew into the Garden?

[@True_Believer100]

@@maggiemae7539 Those 2/3 of angels that made pacts with him fell also keep that in mind, the rabbit hole don't stop.

[@kagekun7689]

LISTENING TO THIS HAS ME SO HYPED FOR GOD OF WAR : RAGNAROK

[@marinakaiser7639]

Sorry lol🤣my dear but till Vikings i never hear about North Gods please don't understand me wrong❤🤗 i heard long before the series about Norse mithology i'm no expert and love and respect everything about Norse Gods i must say also thanks to Ocean Keltoi from whom i learned soo much about Norse Gods but i couldn't skip your narration i love it too much thank you i hope you are not offended❤❤🖤👍😘‼

[@kevinobill4818]

Jormungandr is my favorite mythical figure in Norse

[@kazkk2321]

I would definitely want to meet Hel

[@madambutterfly1997]

Hail Hydra. I heard the word hydra and I just had to say it

[@Mythical.History]

It'd be much cooler if you say it in a lift surrounded by enemies if you know what I mean

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@Mythical.History I know exactly what you’re saying.

[@jedipadwan20]

@@madambutterfly1997 hail hydra? It will fall an shield shell raise again with me as leader with fury as a member of the world council. God bless America

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@jedipadwan20 when I said I always say in reference to the literal Hydra and other such multi-headed dragons because dragons are my thing. I do not say it in reference to the Nazis magic and science division organization of the same name

[@jedipadwan20]

@@madambutterfly1997 oh thought you were talking the hydra in the MCU the one that should be gone but somehow survive the reborn shield destruction.of the heads of hydra.

[@WillB-lv1xg]

If you haven't yet could you do dantalion?

[@joncandib1721]

I remember in the documentary movie I watched called Dragons Myth and Legends, apart Thor fought against a giant sea serpent

[@Such.is.life.of.an.adventurer]

Yourmoongand…alf seems cute 😊 :) Also Loki’s daughter looks fine as Hel :) 👀

[@borisdisko4322]

A dragon eating it's tail... Anyone here see The Human Caterpillar?

[@matthiascerebri3315]

Human Centipede

[@3DVizzion]

In a dream when I was 9 years old, I fought a serpent just like Jormungandr, so long I could not see the end of it and so big that the tallest mountain looked like a grain of sand. I defeated the serpent with the head of a mega Bull as big as the Earth itself. It was an epic dream, I was flying so easily and was fighting fearsomely. It was awesome!

[@HeavenAndHope]

God bless you all😄🤗😘

[@Danishlikeapotato]

It is said that Ragnarok occurs when Jormungandr lets go of his own tail... But does he not let go, when he is caught by Thor on the fishing trip?

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Yes but we don't point that out lol

[@dominikbradvica9406]

May Thor, the Great Thunderer protect us from this vile abomination of Loki⚡

[@torisantiago9176]

lol vile? That’s that judeo-christian mindset

[@humanity600]

@@torisantiago9176 "hurr hurr, Christianity created every negative entity in every religion in history" Study your history or shut up mate.🤦‍♂️

[@howardhavardramberg333]

Loki and Thor are entwined. Thor is the thunder and Loki the lightning and fire. Jormungandr was changed much throughout history in part to historians, scholars, authors like Snorri etc, who were influenced by Christianity in large part and did record older texts only centuries later. Jormungandr like all other serpents/dragons were gods of the earth, the soil and thus agriculture, just as Thor and especially Mjolnir were used to be revered as a tool of the fields, the soil, and that he was the protector of it alongside the serpent guardian Jormungandr.

[@BrickChick]

Rude....

[@torisantiago9176]

@@humanity600 chill buddy. I’m just saying how silly this guy sounds

[@matthewforbes2969]

Mooooooog taaaaaaaayyy ooooooooommmm

[@Paula-pv7ep]

Hel didnt get condemned. Hel gets along better with the dead,her choice .

[@CHAOSZEROE]

He needed revenge. I respect that

[@brandonwilliams8083]

Don't forget Odins horse

[@KamiTenchi]

Do you think Jörmungandr and Leviathan are related? It'd be interesting to study this.

[@TrueDokkanGod]

No, it's very common for different cultures to come up with similar concepts.

[@KamiTenchi]

@@TrueDokkanGod I don't believe they're concepts.

[@wyrdvora]

@@KamiTenchiYou think there's actually a serpent around the planet earth?

[@KamiTenchi]

@@wyrdvora Yeah, I think there's more to know what humanity does not know yet. History can be fascinating but it can also be myestrious.

[@wyrdvora]

@@KamiTenchi so the planet earth, with a moon orbiting it, has a massive snake no one's noticed yet?

[@TheNJ93487]

Jörmungandr. The Unholy Serpent.

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

He's a giant

[@Xbalanque84]

Actually, given that Odin is more of a trickster than even Loki, I'd say he makes a far better candidate for a Utgard-Loki's secret aesir identity. In the mythology, Odin causes trouble (even against his own kin) far more than Loki does, often with Loki getting the blame. If anything, I've heard it argued that Odin disguised himself as Utgard-Loki in order to foster in Thor an enduring enmity against the Jotunn (all of which is completely in-character for Odin). And Thor, himself being a bit of a dullard, bought it all hook, line, and sinker. In such a scenario, Loki was likewise duped by the biggest asshole in the pantheon.

[@hanzohattori5980]

Dragon are cool

[@name2913]

Do aphosis next

[@paulgould9251]

I found the ouroboros/serpent circling the whale/earth anti-clockwise on Urbano Monte 1587 map. Alex Gleason 1892 map show only head of serpent Australia and New Zealand is part ot the tail, the body became barrier reef

[@jackeilhigh]

Loki was a greatest god of theme all RIP brother

[@SamuelGalvan_]

Yup, so great he killed the god of good things for the lulz and causes the end of the world lol.

[@SamuelGalvan_]

Jormy!

[@lewisgoldsberry2201]

"Gomora & Litra vs. Jormundgandr"

[@thehellenicneopagan]

Fascinating topic... Artwork beautiful as always! Content golden... 💫 'Liked' it as usual... 😎

[@sportsnewz5608]

The World Serpent/ Midgard Serpent Tenebris sliced both his skin and Artemis's skin. He poured his blood which was full of small creatures who looked like snakes on Artemis's open wound. After a few days, Artemis' abdomen grew big. She feeds on giants' blood. When her pain evolved, Tenebris thought she's about to give birth so Tenebris Freya and Ahmaug took her into a cave. The Defenders arrived to kill Artemis and her unborn baby.

[@Kaijugan]

It's kinda fucked up that Fenrir eats his brother Sleipnir at Ragnarok

[@N9WS]

Ah yes very interesting mhm

[@OceanForest]

👍

[@perplexingperceptions8888]

I thought it was pronounced Yor-man-gander.

[@Shi_no_Kage_01]

So Jormungander is a huge snake and not a dragon?

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Loki had 4 children. Hel, Slepnir, Jormungandr and Narfi. Narfi translates to something akin to 'corpse' in old Norse but there is very little information about him in the sources.

[@NSEKAMMALEBOLGIA]

DARK LORD MALEBOLGIA!

[@worldtraveler8613]

Thanks to God of War for playstation i know who these people are lol

[@js1423]

Thor should have red hair, not blonde

[@4dogs895]

Is it just me or did u click on this cuz god of war ?

[@whynonbelieversareidiots8543]

he is real if anyone wants to see his body just ask

[@SuperChimcham]

Here’s Jorgunmandr kzbin.infoBuVdRJsft9k?feature=share

[@edgewyze7352]

I got your world serpent. Link in reply 👇🏻

[@edgewyze7352]

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[@FraterCalmStreet]

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[@merlinwizard1000]

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[@hermeticascetic]

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[@andrewmoses6299]

First

[@sothron6246]

All these creatures were real but all air breathing creatures died in the flood of Noah

[@TrueDokkanGod]

No just stop

[@maggiemae7539]

They are real! And they will wake up when called

[@sothron6246]

@@TrueDokkanGod 👎

[@sothron6246]

@@maggiemae7539 yep and I think time is coming close for them to wake Even though the company name CERN is been trying to call them early before there time

[@thehellenicneopagan]

👎🏻

[@Shi_no_Kage_01]

So Jormungandr is a huge snake and not a dragon?