Níðhöggr — the dragon at the bottom isn't fighting anyone, it's just... feeding

Norse cosmology, from the Eddas (Grímnismál, Völuspá). Níðhöggr ("malice-striker" / "curse-biter," roughly). most dragons in myth GUARD something or get slain by a hero. this one does neither. it lies at the lowest root of Yggdrasil, in Hvergelmir / by the corpse-shore Náströnd, and it gnaws the roo……