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===Prose Edda=== | ===Prose Edda=== | ||
According to the ''[ | According to the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gylfaginning Gylfaginning]'' part of Snorri Sturluson's ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose_Edda Prose Edda]'', Níðhöggr is a being which gnaws one of the three roots of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil Yggdrasill]. This root is placed over Niflheimr and Níðhöggr gnaws it from beneath. The same source also says that "[t]he squirrel called Ratatöskr runs up and down the length of the Ash, bearing envious words between the eagle and Nídhöggr" (''Gylfaginning'' XVI, Brodeur's translation.). | ||
In the ''[ | In the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%A1ldskaparm%C3%A1l Skáldskaparmál]'' section of the ''Prose Edda'' Snorri specifies Níðhöggr as a serpent in a list of names of such creatures: | ||
:"These are names for serpents: dragon, Fafnir, Iormungand, adder, Nidhogg, snake, viper, Goin, Moin, Grafvitnir, Grabak, Ofnir, Svafnir, masked one." (Faulkes translation, p.137) | :"These are names for serpents: dragon, Fafnir, Iormungand, adder, Nidhogg, snake, viper, Goin, Moin, Grafvitnir, Grabak, Ofnir, Svafnir, masked one." (Faulkes translation, p.137) | ||
Snorri's knowledge of Níðhöggr seems to come from two of the [ | Snorri's knowledge of Níðhöggr seems to come from two of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddic_poem Eddic poems]: ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%ADmnism%C3%A1l Grímnismál]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B6lusp%C3%A1 Völuspá]''. | ||
Later in ''Skáldskaparmál'' Snorri includes Níðhöggr in a list of various terms and names for swords. | Later in ''Skáldskaparmál'' Snorri includes Níðhöggr in a list of various terms and names for swords. | ||
===Poetic Edda=== | ===Poetic Edda=== | ||
