Tradition summary
The Midgard serpent lies in the deep ocean, so vast it grips its own tail around the whole of the world.
Mythic Dream reflection
to dream of it is to sense the far edge of things quietly holding your life in a ring.
Literary reflections
These fragments are original Mythic Dream writing, offered as prompts rather than historical source material.
Thor once hooked it while fishing and hauled its dripping head from the waves; god and serpent have an appointment that neither will miss.
When at last it lets go of its tail, the story of the world is over; until then, its coil is the only thing keeping the sea inside its shore.
Sources & editorial status
Public citations have not yet been attached to this entry. Treat the tradition summary as provisional until it is reviewed against tradition-specific scholarship; the dream reflection is editorial interpretation.
