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    Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
    Jormungandr is just another name for Midgardsormr.
    I'm not saying you're wrong but I've never seen that in any translation. He is sometimes referred to as the Midgard Serpent though, so maybe sormr=serpent.

    Edit: found it on wikipedia Old Norse:Miðgarðsormr
    It should be noted that referring to Jormungander as Midgardsormr is kinda like referring to Odin as All Father or Thor as The charioteer. They are kind of nick names.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Billeffingmurray View Post
    I'm not saying you're wrong but I've never seen that in any translation. He is sometimes referred to as the Midgard Serpent though, so maybe sormr=serpent.

    Edit: found it on wikipedia Old Norse:Miðgarðsormr
    It should be noted that referring to Jormungander as Midgardsormr is kinda like referring to Odin as All Father or Thor as The charioteer. They are kind of nick names.
    Funnily enough; I didn't know that it was called Jormungand until I decided to look up the origin of the name after seeing it in a game. Any time it was mentioned during school or in story books, it was just called "Midgardsormen" (Norwegian for "The Midgard serpent")
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    Loki is the father of a lot of weird stuff in Norse Myth... For instance... Loki (♂) is Sleipnir's mother. The 8 legged Dragon Horse that Odin rides around. Yeah. He, Loki, is the mother of a horse. With 8 legs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lusavari View Post
    Loki is the father of a lot of weird stuff in Norse Myth... For instance... Loki (♂) is Sleipnir's mother. The 8 legged Dragon Horse that Odin rides around. Yeah. He, Loki, is the mother of a horse. With 8 legs.
    You're leaving out the crucial point that Loki is a shapeshifter and in order to not lose a bet the gods made, he turned into a female horse in order to distract another horse. Loki was female at the time, so it's not so simple as Loki is always male; he's a shapeshifter and can be any gender he wants to be at any given time.
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    What matters is Loki has a LOT of illegitimate children, most of whom are associated with Ragnarok.
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