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[[Image:Nidhoggr.png|thumb|right|300px|Níðhöggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasill in this illustration from a 17th century Icelandic manuscript.]]
[[Image:Nidhoggr.png|thumb|right|300px|Níðhöggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasill in this illustration from a 17th century Icelandic manuscript.]]


In [[Norse mythology]], '''Níðhöggr''' is a Norse dragon who eats the roots of the World Tree, [[Yggdrasill]]; threatening to destroy it. The serpent is always bickering with the eagle that houses in the top of the tree.  
In [[:Norse Mythology]], '''Níðhöggr''' is a Norse dragon who eats the roots of the World Tree, [[Yggdrasill]]; threatening to destroy it. The serpent is always bickering with the eagle that houses in the top of the tree.  




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[[Category:Norse Mythology]]
[[Category:Origin: Norse Mythology]]
[[Category:Dragons]]
[[Category:Dragons]]
[[Category:Dragon Names]]  
[[Category:Dragon Names]]  
[[Category:Continent: Europe]]  
[[Category:Continent: Europe]]  
[[Category:Race: Dragon]]
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