A look at the two main written versions of the myth of Thor fishing for Jǫrmungandr (the MidgardSerpent), from the Poetic and Prose Eddas.

Dr. Jackson Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Nordic Program Coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder (formerly UC Berkeley and UCLA). He is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher and translator of Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, and Norwegian.

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