Nidhogg
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Nidhogg 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.
Runestone 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.
Norns from Die Helden und Götter des Nordens, oder Das Buch der sagen
Germanic dragon
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Worm, wurm or wyrm, meaning serpent, are archaic terms for dragons in the wider Germanic mythology and folklore, in which they are often portrayed as large venomous snakes and hoarders of gold. Especi
Nidhogg
…Nidhogg (Old Norse: Níðhǫggr, ; older Icelandic: Níðhöggr, Modern Icelandic: Níðhöggur) 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. While…
An 11th century Norse dragonhead decoration, possibly for a reliquary.
Viking Age armlet with twin dragon heads, Lye parish, Gotland, Sweden.
A Swedish lindworm drawn by Swedish illustrator John Bauer, 1911. The Swedish lindworm lacks wings and limbs.