#c: Jörmungandr

[ask-peter-lokison]

Loki, what's your favorite thing about (or what do you most admire) about each of your kids?

Loki: "This is an impossible question for a parent to answer. I will say the great strengths I most associate with my children are Sleipnir's steadfastness, Fenris's fearlessness, Jörmungandr's adaptability, Hela's knowledge of magic and the worlds, and Peter's knowledge of science and combat."

[a-d-nox]

hel, goddess of death (asteroids hel (949) & hela (699))

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Hel was the third child of Loki and the giantess Angrboða and the sister of Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Sleipnir. It most versions, her looks are the emphasis - half of her skin appeared to be pink and plump like a newborn's, while the other half looked decayed and sickly - nearly green or blackish in appearance. Her face was said to have been in a constant state of gloom. When the other gods heard of her and her siblings' existence, they were alarmed due to the parentage - two troubling/"evil" beings had come together to produce three monstrous children... The gods decided to kidnap the children to better assess them in Asgard. Odin was just as sure as he was about the serpent, Jörmungandr, that Hel had to elsewhere. He hurled her into Niflheim - the world beneath the worlds, where the shadows and mist would become her only true companions. As so she made her hall, Eljudnir, which would become the home of the dead when Odin would task her with looking after them, the dead of all the nine worlds who had died of illness or old age, and cursed her to always have to share her food with whoever came her way. Bitterly, her plate was named Hunger, her knife was Famine, her bed was Sick-Bed, and its hangings Glimmering Misfortune. Only when Ragnarok occurred, did Hel see the light of day again. IN MY OPINION Hel/Hela in your chart can represent a) where a part of you decays, b) where your looks make you seem unapproachable/threatening, c) where/how your parents reputation effects how you get treated by others, d) where you are surrounded by darkness, e) what you have to share but lack yourself, and/or f) where you seek opportunities to get even with those who have done you wrong.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of hel/hela along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of hel/hela AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede hel/hela!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS: loke (4862), jormungandr (471926), odin (3989), and wodan (2155)!

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[mythologyolympics]

Mythology Olympics tournament round 1

Propaganda!

Vanth is a female demon in the Etruscan underworld that is often accompanied either by additional Vanth figures or by another underworld demon, Charun (later referred to as Charu). Both Vanth and Charun are only seen in iconography beginning c. 400 BC, in the middle period of Etruscan art, although some earlier inscriptions mention her name. Her other attributes include the possession of a torch, key, or scroll, and she is shown often to be bare-chested with cross-straps across her breast, adorned with fur boots, a rolled short chiton, and sometimes with unattached sleeves. In fact, her dress has been attributed by Scheffer as specifically that of a huntress.

Propaganda from the submitter:

she basically only appears on etruscan funerary stuff and only after etruscan funerary stuff gets Fucked Up And Evil. sometimes there's more than one of her on a sarcophagus! and i love her

In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr, also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent, is an unfathomably large sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth (Midgard) and biting its own tail, an example of an ouroboros. As a result of it surrounding Midgard (the Earth) it is referred to as the World Serpent. Jörmungandr releasing its tail is one of the signs of the beginning of Ragnarök (the final battle of the world). Jörmungandr is said to be the middle child of the trickster god Loki and the giantess Angrboða.

Propaganda from the submitter:

Just a big ol' worm boi

[brknmnds]

Jörmungandr didn't know the last time he saw his sister. Odin had made sure that they never saw each other, casting them out to the different realms.

The years had passed and he had learned a lot of magic on his time on Midgard. He was strong enough to travel to other realms and his first stop was Hel, knowing he wouldn't get close enough to Fenrir.

He hugged her back tightly. "I missed you dear sister."

@brknmnds asked:

“Uh... surprise?”

Hel stilled. She blinked at him a while. Not entirely sure if he was real. And then, in the space between heartbeats, she had moved to envelop him in her arms. If he were a lesser man, she would've hugged the life from him.

[savior-of-the-ink]

MY DESTINY OCs (FULL LIST)

Back when I started playing D2 in 2018, I wasn't aware of being allowed to take what the franchise had to offer and create my own OCs. In 2020 started a series of inferiority complexes because I didn't feel myself to be as creative and skilled as the rest of the community. In 2025, I can't even pinpoint the exact when all these people came into existence. And not one of them possesses a proper character sheet, sweet.

Guardian: Gregory “Ikarus” Ouranou (Awoken) Evangeline Ouranou (Awoken) Alexander “Neutron-2” Ouranou (Exo) Joseph Starsender | Son of Ghaul and Speaker (Awoken)

Ghost/machine: Apollo (Ikarus’s Ghost) Luci (Evangeline’s Ghost) Elektra (Neutron’s Ghost) Aurora (Ghaul’s Ghost) Beth (Joseph's Ghost) Lex (Guardian!Nefarious’s Ghost) Ink-37 (Sylvia’s Ghost) Estrella (Guardian!Calus’s Ghost) Moira (Hak-Miri’s computer)

Cabal: Savithan Alath’eiul Dikhel Senexsh’al Malkram Khan’Uruk Ghan’aul

Eliksni: Bivaaks | the Dancer-Smith Sofix | the Ceramist Aegus | the Maimed Rolaks | Heir to the Old Crews Nirix | Pirate King Loukas | Archon of House Light Zirix | Araks’s Firstborn Tekris | Blessed by Mercury Vanitas | the Scrapped Sataks | Kell of House Devils

Hive/Krill: Rhaama (head of the royal guard) Ark-Temi (Lucent Huntress)

Tormentor: Karan Astra Nezarec-Darien Jasìn Hurrik

Disciple/Apostles of the Witness: Ysdraal | The Snedronningen Xerses | Death’s Horn Hwa-Cam | Winged Blossom Thiêhan | Seraphim Bane Lavinia | Venus Flytrap Lish | Slithering Timeholder Seja Hak-Miri  | The Distortionist Ruina | Mistress of Shattered Mirrors Kynor “Xuan Feng” | The Flamechaser Tamião “Ursinho” | The Beast Tamer

Winnower’s spawn/Råttenepple family: Jörmungandr "Abigail" | Snake in the Garden Fenrir “Dominic” | the Wolf

Siren: Aelah | War Siren Calypso-Jörð | Watcher of the Heart

Angel: Michael-Odin | Flaming Sword of the Garden Thor | Ragnarok’s Savior Hela | Weaver of Ghosts

(Re-)Design: Kratus Senexsh’alson “the Consul” Aaron Michael Sundrop “the Speaker” Erika Sundrop “Stranger Exo” Callum Aelius Blutjaegar “Cayde-6” Narxys “Eido” Darien “Nezarec” Veekris | the Pirate Empress Heimdall “the Witness” Gardener “Freya” Winnower “Loki”

Child: Claritiel Starsender | Daughter of Ghaul and the Speaker Seniara Artwar | Daughter of Calus and Oryx Oliver Authorspen | Son of Eramis and the Author Alice “Kreideprinzessin” | Daughter of Albedo and Savathûn Yukiko Osmium-Bivaaksson | Daughter of Xivu Arath and Eramis Jack | Son of Savathûn and Eramis Niveus | Son of the Witness and Ysdraal Suri | Daughter of Savathûn and Sylvia Tobias | Son of the Witness and Rowan

Spiritual animal: Zhard’yn (Ghaul’s wolf) Athena (the Speaker’s owl) Festus (Calus’s lion) Iustitia (the Consul’s fox) Salem (Savathûn’s cat) Kataigis (Eramis’s shark) Stolthet (Witness’s peacock)

And now, a few clarifications:

the Author counterparts of Destiny characters (aside from the few mentioned) appearing in the Saga have been excluded because considered as their own category (and because of general spoilers)

Taox, the Osmium King, Rhulk, Umun'arath and Andal Brask are to be included in the re-design section, their changes are just not significant enough for their mention to be worth it

the Nezarec listed as a Tormentor OC is not c!Nezarec

on the other hand, Darien is, for a fact, c!Nezarec

all children are canonical in various AUs (with Jack being up to debate still while Niveus is stillborn in the Pyramis Family AU)

no, Joseph is not dead and a kid Guardian, he just has a Ghost on the lookout for him

Guardian!Calus belongs to his own AU while Guardian!Nefarious consists in dr. Nefarious from the game Ratchet and Clank while under the Destiny Contract

Sylvia (aka: Sylvia van Geest) is my official Guardian-sona and a completely separated entity from the Author

yes, Albedo is Albedo from Genshin Impact

[oneshortdamnfuse]

watching twilight of the gods b/c i’ll watch most things norse mythology related but I find myself after every episode going uhhhh ugghhhhh guhhh why would you do that …so many random soft core p/orn moments that were so unnecessary… what they did w/ jörmungandr is actually criminal. i’m disgusted! spoilers:

they turned jörmungandr (the midgard serpent) into a woman who was tasked with seducing and fucking thor. Why The Fuck…

Why the fuck!

~ooo jörmungandr is thor’s undoing so what if we reinterpreted HIM as a Hot Humanoid Snake Woman who FUCkS THOR~

I HATE IT

[swellbloom-kids]

Some Notes on the Bakunawa

It holds the universe in its coils of void. Time rides on its back, flowing outwards in a spiral. The Bakunawa wishes to devour the moon and plunge the world into eternal night. It makes itself felt in the physical world through anything that spirals - tornadoes, whirlpools, snakes biting their own tails.

—Swellbloom Kids Appendix C: The Sais Marias

The Bakunawa is an eldritch embodiment of chaos in my Philippine mythology tabletop Swellbloom Kids.

I chose spirals as the central imagery for the Bakunawa. Spirals evoke a sense of infinity - whereas a circle is closed and complete, a spiral goes on and on and on. It is round like a circle, but a definite path from the center is visible, and its outward motion implies expansion. It cannot be contained. I'm also reminded of a coiled snake every time I see a spiral. Therefore, what better symbol for an infinite being than an infinite shape? Spirals feel divine to me.

Snakes are also extremely interesting to me. They are regarded as sacred in various belief systems across different cultures, not to mention have a strong duality. Their poison kills, but they gain new life as they shed their skin. Contributing to this were also the images of the Ouroboros, Apophis, and Jörmungandr.

The Bakunawa is not necessarily evil. It is chaos incarnate, but in the sense of entropy - how things naturally fall into disarray. The eventuality of the universe. In Swellbloom Kids, when the world inevitably ends at the hands of either the Heat Haze Boy (El Niño) or the Monsoon Girl (La Niña), the Bakunawa will be there to swallow the leftovers.

Check out Swellbloom Kids here:

[moonshinenite]

🐉 El mito compartido: Dragones y serpientes en culturas antiguas

Introducción

Desde las serpientes emplumadas de Mesoamérica hasta los dragones imperiales de China, las criaturas dragónicas han fascinado a culturas de todo el mundo. Lo más intrigante: civilizaciones que jamás tuvieron contacto entre sí imaginaron seres similares, colosales, escamosos, serpentinos, celestes o infernales. ¿Cómo se explica esta coincidencia global? En esta nota exploramos sus distintas representaciones y las posibles razones por las que el dragón es, quizá, el mito más universal de la humanidad.

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Dragones alrededor del mundo

Un recorrido por algunas de las figuras dragónicas más emblemáticas:

Mesoamérica Quetzalcóatl, la serpiente emplumada, fue una deidad central para los mexicas, toltecas y teotihuacanos. Representaba la sabiduría, la fertilidad y el orden. Su iconografía une lo terrestre (la serpiente) con lo celestial (las plumas). En el Templo de la Serpiente Emplumada en Teotihuacán, los relieves muestran cabezas serpentinas saliendo de ondas acuáticas: símbolo de creación cósmica.

Escandinavia Jörmungandr, la serpiente de Midgard, era tan grande que rodeaba el mundo. En el Ragnarök, está destinada a enfrentarse con Thor. Otro monstruo nórdico, Níðhöggr, roía las raíces del árbol Yggdrasil, símbolo del universo. Ambos representan caos, destrucción y ciclos inevitables.

Grecia antigua El dragón era una prueba que solo los héroes podían superar: Pitón, guardiana de Delfos, fue vencida por Apolo. La Hidra de Lerna exigía un acto casi imposible (cortar sus cabezas que se regeneraban) para que Heracles pudiera avanzar. El dragón de la Cólquida custodiaba el vellocino de oro: otra criatura vencida con astucia más que fuerza.

China A diferencia de Occidente, el dragón chino no es un monstruo, sino una fuerza benévola. Representa lluvia, fertilidad, suerte, y está vinculado al emperador. En su cuerpo se mezclan serpiente, águila, ciervo y tigre. Cada parte representa un elemento natural o espiritual. Es símbolo de armonía entre el cielo y la tierra.

Egipto Apep (Apofis), la gran serpiente del caos, habitaba el inframundo e intentaba devorar la barca solar de Ra cada noche. La batalla nocturna entre ambos simbolizaba la lucha eterna entre el orden (Ma’at) y el caos (Isfet).

Mesopotamia En el poema babilónico Enuma Elish, Tiamat es una diosa-dragón del mar primordial que representa el caos. Es derrotada por Marduk, quien forma el universo con su cuerpo. Aquí el dragón simboliza lo que debe ser destruido para que exista el mundo.

Hinduismo védico Vritra, un asura con forma de serpiente o dragón, bloqueaba los ríos. Indra, dios del trueno, lo derrota y libera las aguas. Es otro mito de caos versus orden, con el dragón como obstáculo natural o espiritual a vencer.

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¿Por qué este mito es tan común?

Varias teorías intentan explicar por qué culturas tan distintas imaginaron criaturas tan parecidas:

A) Fósiles como origen del mito

En muchas regiones de Asia se han hallado fósiles de dinosaurios. En la antigua China, se les conocía como “huesos de dragón” y eran usados en medicina tradicional. Al no tener un marco científico, es probable que estos restos se interpretaran como pruebas de monstruos mitológicos.

😎 Simbolismo natural

Las serpientes eran comunes, letales, silenciosas. Generaban miedo, pero también fascinación. Su muda de piel las hacía símbolos de renovación o inmortalidad. Su forma alargada y movimiento fluido podía ser fácilmente amplificado por la imaginación: alas, garras, fuego, escamas doradas. En regiones con actividad volcánica o tormentas eléctricas, se llegó a asociar su figura con rayos, humo o nubes.

C) Arquetipos del inconsciente colectivo

Carl Jung creía que ciertas imágenes se repiten porque están incrustadas en la psique humana. El dragón sería la representación del “shadow”: lo desconocido, lo reprimido, el obstáculo psicológico. En los mitos, enfrentarlo y vencerlo simboliza el crecimiento del héroe. Desde San Jorge hasta Frodo, todo protagonista se mide contra su “dragón”.

D) Memoria ancestral de depredadores

Una hipótesis más especulativa plantea que el miedo a reptiles gigantes —como cocodrilos, serpientes y varanos— quedó impreso genéticamente durante la evolución. No vimos dinosaurios, pero sí competimos con criaturas grandes y peligrosas. El cerebro, al imaginar amenazas, las sintetizó: de ahí el dragón.

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Conclusión: El símbolo que lo explica todo (o casi)

Los dragones no son simples monstruos. Son manifestaciones de nuestros miedos más antiguos, de la necesidad humana de representar el caos, el poder, lo sagrado o lo incontrolable. En algunos casos, son villanos que deben ser vencidos. En otros, son sabios que traen lluvia y conocimiento.

Lo curioso es que en cada rincón del planeta, las culturas eligieron una figura parecida —serpiente, dragón, alado o marino— para expresar lo mismo: algo que está más allá del humano, pero que también define nuestra humanidad.

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¿Coincidencia o conexión profunda? Tal vez no haya un solo origen, sino muchos. Una mezcla de fósiles, fenómenos naturales, evolución, psicología y necesidad simbólica. Pero una cosa es cierta: el dragón está en nosotros, y sigue rugiendo en cada historia fantástica que nos atrapa.

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¿Y tú? ¿Crees que los dragones son solo fantasía… o recuerdan algo que la historia olvidó?

[ask-peter-lokison]

For Loki and children, now that the rogue and missing Avengers (plus Bucky) are back and you can meet them properly, are you making any friends among them?

Loki: It's rather nice meeting a fellow magic user like Wanda. Our powers are quite different but we've had some interesting conversations.

Hela: I admit I was rather excited to finally meet such fascinating examples of Midgardian adaptability. Captain Rogers and Dr. Banner are still uncertain of me but I've enjoyed getting to know the Maximoff siblings.

Peter: It's been so cool having all the Avengers together again! I mean, things are still... kinda awkward between some of them but it's still amazing to be spending so much time with my heroes! Bl- Natasha and Pietro both train with me a lot, it's been so cool!

Fenris: I'm not too interested in making fast friends with the people who betrayed Stark. It was an enjoyable experience fighting alongside Bucky Barnes though. I don't disagree with him being called Wolf.

Jörmungandr: Wanda and Pietro come visit me sometimes! Usually just them but Natasha and Sam have come with before too.

[silvcrignis]

@wiickedxgood Remember this fucking MURDER in an open forum hfhfhhjb? He killed him in front of EVERYBODY

[hikaruchen]

Altunastenen (c. 11th century)

A picture stone in Altuna, Uppsala, depicting Thor catching Jörmungandr, the sea serpant who surrounded Midgard, a tale told in Hymiskviða from Poetic Edda. In Thor’s hand is his magic weapon Mjölnir.

Would have loved to sit down and researching for hours if it were not for my adhd ass

[helreginn]

🤡 - What’s something dumb they’re embarrassed about?

Misc. Ask Meme

In most verses, Hel is relatively immune to the shame condition. You don't grow up under Loki's guidance and allow yourself be tied down by something like that.

And also the rumour that she has skelelegs. She do (rarely), but that's besides the point. She's a shapeshifter. It's a metaphor and a choice.

Oh! And that she's not entirely sure where babies come from. But nobody will give her a straight answer. Like, she knows where human babies come from and even Áss (god) babies etc etc but herself and Jörmungandr and Fenrisulfr (her brothers) specifically? Death wasn't paying as much attention as she should have to her older brothers and by the time Hel came along, death was a bit busy being enmeshed in physical form to have that awareness. And there are A LOT of differing stories on how those three beasties came to be.. And every time she asks a parent or sibling she gets told a different one. :T

At this point she thinks either a] Dad ate Mum's heart and then birthed us himself (He birthed a horse so who knows?) b] The normal way and everyone is just a lying liar who lies. OR c] There is hella magic involved and they are actually constructs not children born of flesh. (I as the mun haven't decided yet. It's been over ten years of THIS blog and more than that of me playing Hel so she'll probably never know. RIP)

In my LOTR verse? Obviously her crush on Melian. Less obvious is how out of sorts she feels once all her friends are dead. She's old as balls and doesn't live anywhere that other people do or go to. So no matter how she is accepted when she travels, she just feels odd.

[realmofthegods]

Name: Jörmungandr

Age: Unknown

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Pansexual

Family:

Loki - Father

Angrboða - Mother

Fenrir - Brother

Hel - Sister

Narfi - Half Brother

Vali - Half Brother

Powers:

Snake manipulation - Can communicate/control snakes.

Toxikinesis - Creates and manipulates poisons. Can secretes venom from fangs. Poisonous blood.

Shapeshifter - Can transform into anything at will, though he stays between his human and serpent form the most.

Faceclaim: Barney Harris

About:

Just like his father, Jörmungandr is a shape shifter. He is more known for his large serpent form that spans the circumference of Midgard but the serpent doesn't spend as much time in the ocean as people are made to believe.

When Odin banished him into the Midgardians sea, he vowed to hurt the Æsir knowing that he would never see his family again.

He spent his time wandering the globe, the man did not age so never spent to long in one place. He travelled across oceans using his serpent form to get their faster. Allowing him to learn the languages of the world.

He never gave his real name, making up names as he went as to not be recognised by those who know his tale.

Extra details:

Has serpent slit eyes which are golden in colour.

Has fangs that can retract into his jaw.

Snakes of all kind are attracted to him and will follow him around.

Has a marking of a snake coiled around his left arm.

[heldrottning]

Watching @drengiir​ {Fen} & @kingoftheravens {Jör} 

[avubecjako]

Díky moc za tagnutí! Kde je hudba, tam jsem rád 🖤

A - Army of the Night, Powerwolf

V - Valhalla Calling, Miracle of Sound ft. Peyton Parish

U - Umbrella, All Time Low

B - Born Again, Beats in Black

E - Endgame, Aviators

C - California Dreamin', The Beach Boys

J - Jörmungandr, Volfgang Twins

A - All Night, Trevor Something

K - (The) Kid I Used the Know, Arrested Youth

O - Once Upon a Time, Jordan Maron

(ať to taky končí na lehčí notu, žejo)

A teď vaše hudba, prosím (jestli jste už někde byli taglí od někoho jiného, tak ignorujte) :)

@teplejtrouba, @imcoveredinpaint, @zababova-pomsta, @ledabyl, @pyjnda, @treba-neco-napise, @antwhisperer, @i-heard-it-from-a-friend, @ghost-orion, @ettelwenailinon

Díky @morgan-the-lonely-brick za tagnutí ♥ Účastním se z vedlejšího blogu, protože toužím po písmenu Č :D

Pravidla: Vyhláskuj svoje URL písněmi a oštítkuj tolik lidí, kolik máš písmen.

K - Kiss Of Death, IC3PEAK

O - Obchodník s deštěm, Minehava

C - Cane Shuga, Glass Animals

O - O Sleeper, The Oh Hellos

U - Unfinished Sympathy, Massive Attack

R - Remember the Day, Sibylle Baier

M - Měsíc nad Radlicemi, Oldřich Janota

O - Oedipus, Regina Spektor

K - Kostěj, Mishenka

R - Run Cried The Crawling, Agnes Obel

O - O Kashně, Kachna a Zodiac

O - O Sinnerman, Nina Simone

Č - Čekání, Oldřich Janota

K - Kecy, Vladimír Merta

O - Only Anarchists Are Pretty, The World/Inferno Friendship Society

Navalte svoje playlisty!

@rumcajs-kin, @sudetsky-husita, @lynxs-shitposting-inc, @mu-mumie, @skyabovetheport, @certhodnostivranika, @2helela2, @listopadovy, @sladkenajazyku, @avubecjako, @v00bie, @thewholeworldsfucked, @the-havranisko-t, @utopimsevutopii, @softandwigglybones

[mcumultibitches-archived]

|| OPENISH ||  Ormr & Loki ||

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know how to get word to you. When I first ended up in Midgard I didn’t remember much and then once I had all my memories back... I figured that it was safer for you if I didn’t.”