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In [[:Category:Origin: Norse Mythology|Norse Mythology]], '''Níðhöggr''' is a Norse dragon who eats the roots of the World Tree, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil Yggdrasill]; threatening to destroy it. The serpent is always bickering with the eagle that houses in the top of the tree. | In [[:Category:Origin: Norse Mythology|Norse Mythology]], '''Níðhöggr''' is a Norse dragon who eats the roots of the World Tree, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil Yggdrasill]; threatening to destroy it. The serpent is always bickering with the eagle that houses in the top of the tree. | ||
[[Image:Nidhoggr.png|thumb|right|300px|Níðhöggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasill in this illustration from a 17th century Icelandic manuscript.]] | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
