any offspring of loki who surpasses other men in the craft called cunning and cheats in all things were going to make trouble for them if left of their own devices so when odin learned that loki recently had several babies with a giantess named anger bolda he wanted to nip the situation in the bud he sent the acer to the children's home in jotunheim to retrieve them and they came back with quite the crew of misfeds a wolf a serpent and a girl who appeared to be half dead the oldest was the wolf he was named fenrir and while the acer treated him with compassion as a puppy they eventually came to fear his massive size and had him bound with enchanted ribbon hell the half dead broad was the youngest odin gave her the responsibility of looking after the dead who don't go to valhalla knowing full well that'd keep her too busy for any mischief making the middle child was your boy jorman gander whose name literally translates to huge or mighty monster immediately after meeting him odin threw him into the deep sea that surrounds all lands while this decision allowed the aesir to put off dealing with jormungandr for now residing in the ocean allowed him to eat as much of whatever he wanted and the unrestrained serpent was able to grow to his full potential he came to be so large that he could encircle the entire earth and bite the end of his own tail then from that point onward he earned himself another terrifying epithet mithgar sormer which roughly translates to midgard serpent i'm usually not one to question the all father's judgment but in hindsight it doesn't seem like that was the best way to dispose of jorman gander whose rivalry with thor would ultimately lead to both of their deaths before we dive into the myths that detail the origins of that rivalry though i want to say thank you to the sponsor who made this episode possible epic loot jewelry december has officially started everybody that means the holidays are right around the corner and the time for giving is upon us so what better way to show your fellow norse mythology fanatics how much you love them than gifting them something that truly represents their passion that's where our friends at URL_TOKEN come in they make unique pieces inspired by the history of and symbology found in norse culture over on their site you can find truly beautiful tankards and goblets featuring odin loki and yggdrasil the world tree chains inspired by mighty aesir weapons like thor's hammer mjolnir and odin spear gunier and gorgeous rings with real runes carved into them in honor of today's subject though i want to give some special attention to their line of jormungandr inspired products they've got some brand new necklaces and pendants on sale right now and the craftsmanship is just incredible almost like it was handcrafted by a real viking my personal favorite of the bunch though has to be this world serpent necklace i've honestly never seen anything like it and the idea of jorman gander wrapping himself around my neck instead of the world is so cool to me whether you're looking
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