Ragnarok will begin when the dragon finally manages to chew through the roots of Yggdrasil, causing the tree to yellow and the worlds it supports to plunge into a three-year winter. A terrifying hall, with walls woven from serpents and a ceiling that drips venom, waits for these criminals, and inside the hall, the dragon chews on their bodies.įinally, the dreaded dragon has a role to play in Ragnarok, the day when the giants will attack the gods and destroy most of their world.
He rules over the dark shores of Nadastrond, to which the corpses of murderers, adulterers, and oath-breakers are banished. In addition to bringing balance to Yggdrasil, the monster also figures in the punishment of criminals. After the eagle and the dragon spend the day destroying Yggdrasil in their frenzy to attack each other, the tree is bathed in water from the wells of Urd, which promotes healing and new growth. This tension may seem undesirable, but it actually promotes a cycle of growth in the tree of life. The constant tension between the eagle and the dragon is fueled by Ratatoskr, a squirrel who runs up and down the tree ferrying insults between the two enemies. A great eagle, who represents wisdom and virtue, perches in the uppermost branches of the tree, while Nidhogg, representing chaos and evil, lurks in its roots. Roleīalance is extremely important in Norse mythology, and while Nidhogg does represent a ghastly force, he is still important to supporting the balance of Yggdrasil. Occasionally, he might slither into Hel to visit the dark goddess who some people consider his master. His mammoth body can be found twisting through the roots of Yggdrasil, especially around Niflheimr, the cold world from which all the rivers of Midgard spring. Beneath his bat-like wings, he carries the corpses of criminals. A pair of forelegs, complete with massive claws, help him to rip at the roots of Yggdrasil, but he has no back legs, only a serpentine tail. His body is covered in bright scales, and horns erupt from his head. It was Enyo’s trump card against the Knossos invasion force since it was far away from the other high-class adventurers to kill it in time, allowing it to reenact the Pillar of Heaven attack that killed the original Nidhogg and destroy Orario.Nidhogg is a tremendous dragon. It was parasitized with a Spirit Orb fetus to become a Demi-Spirit but instead it absorbed the Fetus and became a ticking time-bomb as it absorbed more magic power. Prior to their appearance, the Nidhogg was killed using a spell called the Pillar of Heaven, where 6 Spirits created a magic circle that caused pure Arcanum from Heaven to wipe out both them and the Nidhogg.ĭuring the events of Sword Oratoria Volumes 11 and 12 it was revealed that Enyo aka Dionysus has Revis and Ein travel to the Deep floors to find a Black-Dragon subspecies. In the Danmachi world the Nidhogg was a dragon that terrorized the Earth during the Ancient times and was considered the most fearsome and dangerous monster to exist before the existence and appearance of the Behemoth, Leviathan, and OEBD. In real life the Nidhogg was a dragon that chewed on the roots of Yggdrasil and would cause earthquakes.
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