World Serpent

E368195

figure in Norse mythology giant serpent mythological creature sea serpent

The World Serpent is a colossal sea serpent from Norse mythology that encircles the earth and is fated to battle Thor during Ragnarök.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Serpent	1
World Serpent canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figure in Norse mythology ⓘ giant serpent ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ sea serpent ⓘ
ability	causes tidal waves ⓘ spews venom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jormungandr ⓘ surface form: Jormungand Jormungandr ⓘ surface form: Jörmungandr Jormungandr ⓘ surface form: Midgard Serpent
appearsInStory	Thor's fishing trip with Hymir ⓘ
associatedDeity	Odin ⓘ Thor ⓘ
associatedWith	ouroboros motif ⓘ
bites	its own tail ⓘ
capturedBy	Thor’s fishing trip for the Midgard Serpent ⓘ surface form: Thor (fishing myth)
castInto	ocean by Odin ⓘ
causeOfDeath	poisoning of Thor ⓘ
culture	Norse mythology ⓘ
domain	sea ⓘ
encircles	Midgard ⓘ earth ⓘ
enemy	Thor ⓘ
fatedToBattle	Thor ⓘ
killedBy	Thor ⓘ
kills	Thor ⓘ
languageOfName	Old Norse ⓘ
mentionedIn	Gylfaginning ⓘ Hymiskviða ⓘ Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	Norse eschatology ⓘ
nameMeaning	huge monster ⓘ
parent	Angrboða ⓘ Loki ⓘ
prophesiedEvent	Ragnarok ⓘ surface form: Ragnarök
raisedBy	gods of Asgard (cast into the sea) ⓘ
residesIn	ocean surrounding Midgard ⓘ
roleInRagnarok	poisons the sky and sea ⓘ rises from the sea ⓘ
sibling	Fenrir ⓘ Hel ⓘ
symbolOf	cosmic boundary ⓘ cyclical destruction ⓘ world-encompassing danger ⓘ
threatTo	gods ⓘ world order ⓘ
typeOf	Jötunn-descended being ⓘ
weaponUsedAgainst	Mjolnir ⓘ surface form: Thor's hammer Mjölnir

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jormungandr → alsoKnownAs → World Serpent ⓘ

RC6 → competedWith → World Serpent ⓘ

this entity surface form: Serpent