![]() Ratatoskr, the tricky squirrel, knowing that the Nidhogg and the wise eagle despise each other, enjoys to running up and down the tree spreading his lies between them, making up insults that the other supposedly said. While the serpent Dragon resides in the bottom of Yggdrasil a wise eagle lives on the top of the World Tree. There is also another interesting story about Nidhogg that can be found in the Poetic Edda. The prophecy says that when Ragnarok comes the serpent will be free again leading the Giants to attack the Norse Gods. There is also the idea that the roots of Yggdrasil keep the Dragon trapped until Ragnarok Era. If the mythical tree falls the Norse Cosmos will fall back into chaos. The Nidhogg's plan is to destroy the World Tree as he knows that the destruction of Yggdrasil will mark the end of Gods. Several other serpents as well as Nidhogg's sons dwelling in Hvergelmir as it is mentioned in the Prose Edda. The Serpent Dragon dwells in the center of Niflheim within the famous Hvergelmir, one of the three major springs at the roots of Yggdrasil. That's how Nidhogg found by the Vikings, seeing him to devour the most heinous criminals who end up in the Underworld, hence his name which means "malice striker" or "he who strikes with malice". It is also mentioned that Nidhogg chews the corpses of murderers and those who breaking the oaths in Nastrond. He is considered very powerful, malicious and evil, with a legendary physical strength and gigantic size. Nidhogg is a serpent dragon who gnaws one of the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree of life in Norse Mythology. An illustration of the Nidhogg Dragon presents his giant size and evil nature in the Hvergelmir springs
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