# Talk:Ratatoskr

In The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, one of the gags is that Squirrel Girl puts 'Ratatoskr is a big baby' on Ratatoskr's wiki page.
Can I suggest we change the In Popular Culture reference from Ratatoskr appears as the primary antagonist in issues #7 & 8 of Marvel Comics The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
To
Ratatoskr appears as the primary antagonist in issues #7 & 8 of Marvel Comics The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. In that story Ratatoskr's Wikipedia entry describes the god as 'a big baby'. 
Otherwise, we will have endless vandalism.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Signofgehenna (talk • contribs) 13:07, 19 August 2015 (UTC) 

I agree 86.10.216.91 (talk) 17:05, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

As predicted, endless vandalism. Have adjusted the most recent attempt to stem this by using the phrase 'a big baby' explicitly in the Squirrel Girl description. Hopefully this will discourage vandals Signofgehenna (talk) 12:04, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
I have tried to put it on wikipedia but they kept taking it off. TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirlz (talk) 01:19, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

This article doesn't mention that he is the final boss in Xenosaga: episode 1. I would add it, but am falling asleep ~_~  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.117.28.21 (talk) 06:42, 15 December 2007 (UTC) 

I have this game but never got around to playing it through. Skeptical of this claim http://xenosaga.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Search?query=Ratatoskr gives no results. Is it spelled differently? Avoiding adding for now but may eventually check to see if you are right. ScratchMarshall (talk) 12:36, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Helgi Guðmundsson demonstrates a connection between the Old Norse word 'íkorni' (which usually means "squirrel") and unicorns. This may have come about as a reanalysis of Old French 'unicorne'. You could mistake the 'un' for an indefinite article and arrive at 'un icorne'. The spelling icorne is a plausible manuscript spelling of íkorni. 

Helgi Guðmundsson (2002). "Þrír íkornar" in Land úr landi, pp. 140-6. Háskólaútgáfan, Reykjavík. ISBN 9979 54 523 2
Helgi doesn't mention it in the article but it's interesting that the manuscript image accompanying our article shows Ratatoskr with a horn. Haukur (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

This article claims that  Veðrfölnir is an eagle, while the article on Veðrfölnir identifies him as a Hawk sitting between the eyes of an eagle. I'm no expert so I won't change anything, but a clarification seems to be in order... Fenrisulfr talk 14:43, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Veðrfölnir is a hawk who sits between the eyes of an unnamed eagle. This eagle perches atop the world tree Yggdrasil. I have rewritten both of the articles (this article and what is now Veðrfölnir and eagle) from scratch. They should be much clearer now. Enjoy! :bloodofox: (talk) 00:20, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Surely if we're going to have a photo of a Norwegian squirrel (and I agree, it's a good thing to have, showing that squirrels are indeed native to the mythic region), it should be in an ash tree, not a vauge evergreen. (I'd put one in myself, but I've got nothing.) —Quasirandom (talk) 20:46, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Some time ago I explained the use of the squirrel image here. I'll copy and paste it:

"Regarding the picture, there are a few reasons I chose this particular image:

The red squirrel is on an evergreen tree. Yggdrasil is described as an evergreen (yet it also described as an ash and there are theories about it being a yew).
It's a red squirrel in an evergreen tree in Norway. There are no squirrels in Iceland (which explains the horned and green squirrel above I guess?) and Iceland was colonized from Norway. So I figure the color of the squirrel or the squirrel-size (or what have you) is probably the closest we have there to whatever the original author had in mind.
So, basically, I went for the closest thing to the lore I could find on Commons. Of course, you are welcome to swap it out if you find some other squirrel picture that that is more appropriate lore-wise."

There you have it! :bloodofox: (talk) 19:26, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Sounds reasonable to me. Its better than a Mississippi fox squirrel in a tulip tree.Trilobitealive (talk) 02:16, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

I think it should be added that he is the basis of Foamy in the series under pop culture. It is implied through the series and in the episode "Mythical Squirrels" Ratatoskr is mentioned.
 68.106.58.73 (talk) 07:43, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Potential addition to the Popular Culture section- a Magic the Gathering card from their Norse mythology inspired set that is most likely in reference to Ratatoskr. Ellacution (talk) 13:43, 23 October 2025 (UTC)