Editing Sea serpent (section)

===Germanic Scandinavia===
In [[Nordic mythology]], ''[[Jörmungandr]]'' (or ''[[Midgarðsormr]]'') was a sea serpent or [[Germanic worm|worm]] so long that it encircled the entire world, [[Midgard]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Simek |first1=Rudolf |title=Dictionary of northern mythology |date=1993 |publisher=D.S. Brewer |location=Cambridge [England] |isbn=0859915131|page=179}}</ref> Sea serpents also appear frequently in later [[Scandinavian folklore]], particularly in that of Norway, such as an account that in 1028 AD, [[St. Olaf|Saint Olaf]] killed a sea serpent in [[Valldal]] in Norway, throwing its body onto the mountain Syltefjellet. Marks on the mountain are associated with the legend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loype.kulturminneaaret2009.no/kulturminneloyper/heilag-olav-i-valldal/ormen-i-syltefjellet/image/image_view_fullscreen|title=Ormen i Syltefjellet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181621/http://loype.kulturminneaaret2009.no/kulturminneloyper/heilag-olav-i-valldal/ormen-i-syltefjellet/image/image_view_fullscreen|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nb.no/cgi-bin/galnor/gn_sok.sh?id=147257&skjema=2&fm=4 |title=Galleri NOR |publisher=Nb.no |date=July 11, 1934 |access-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref>