Midgard serpent

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noun Scandinavian Mythology.

a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.

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In fact I wanted to call the novel “Sex with the Serpent Girl” but was overruled.
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He was Honour's self, till he brought the serpent to his bosom, in the shape of his perfidious son.
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But all of this is in contradiction to the curses of Jahveh on the serpent, and on those to whom the serpent brought wisdom.
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For two years Corentin was attached to this strange girl as a serpent to a tree.
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