Nidhogg

   

In Norse mythology, Nidhogg ("tearer of corpses") was the monster (although sometimes a dragon) that ate the roots of the World Tree, Yggdrasil and swore at the eagle living in the tree's branches. Nidhogg also ate corpses.

Other serpents who ate Yggdrasil: Graback, Grafvolluth, Goin, Moin.

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