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== ''Prose Edda'' == According to the ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' part of [[Snorri Sturluson]]'s ''[[Prose Edda]]'', Níðhǫggr is a being which gnaws one of the three roots of [[Yggdrasill]]. It is sometimes believed that the roots are trapping the beast from the world. This root is placed over [[Niflheimr]] and Níðhǫggr gnaws it from beneath. The same source also says that "[t]he squirrel called [[Ratatoskr]] runs up and down the length of the Ash, bearing envious words between the [[Veðrfölnir and eagle|eagle]] and Nídhǫggr [the snake]."<ref>''Gylfaginning'' XVI, Brodeur's translation.</ref> In the ''[[Skáldskaparmál]]'' section of the ''Prose Edda'' Snorri specifies Níðhǫggr as a serpent in a list of names of such creatures: :These are names for serpents: dragon, [[Fafnir]], [[Jormungand]], adder, Nidhogg, snake, viper, Goinn, Moinn, Grafvitnir, Grabak, Ofnir, Svafnir, masked one.<ref>Faulkes translation, p.137</ref> Snorri's knowledge of Níðhǫggr seems to come from two of the [[Eddic poem]]s: ''[[Grímnismál]]'' and ''[[Völuspá]]''. Later in ''Skáldskaparmál'', Snorri includes Níðhǫggr in a list of various terms and names for swords.<ref>Faulkes translation, p.159</ref>
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