God of War How to Make the Gaint Snake Move Again

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This article contains lore based on real-life sources from Norse mythology as introduced from the God of State of war Norse era.

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"	"Why is he doing that?" "Odin had that statue made in honor of Thor. And seeing the World Serpent absolutely abhors the fat dobber, he was probably sick of looking at it." "But... doesn't that hurt?" "Well, he and Thor have a bit of an unpleasant history between them... or they volition, anyway. And then I judge waking up to run into it was worse than the thought of lumps of solid stone passing through his gullet."	"
–Atreus and Mimir seeing the World Serpent eating the Statue of Thor.

Jörmungandr, likewise known every bit the Globe Ophidian, is a mythical Jötunn ophidian destined to fight Thor come Ragnarök. He becomes an ally of Kratos and Atreus after the pair awaken him from deep slumber within the Lake of Nine.

Contents

• 1 Norse Mythology
• ii God of War Universe
  • 2.1 God of State of war (2018)
  • 2.two God of War: Ragnarök
• 3 Personality
• 4 Powers & Abilities
• five Trivia
• vi References
• 7 Gallery

Norse Mythology

In Norse mythology,Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr , meaning "huge monster"), also known equally the World Snake (Quondam Norse: Miðgarðsormr), is a body of water serpent, the center child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki. According to theProse Edda, Odin took Loki'southward 3 children by Angrboða—the wolf Fenrir, Hel, and Jörmungandr—and tossed Jörmungandr into the great sea that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew and so large that information technology was able to surroundings the earth and grasp its ain tail. As a result, information technology received the name of the Midgard Snake or World Snake. When it releases its tail, Ragnarök will brainstorm.

Jörmungandr's curvation-enemy is the thunder-god, Thor, with the two beingness prophesied to kill each other come Ragnarök. Jormungandr will be slain by Thor, who will then take nine steps away before succumbing to the serpent's Eitr poison that it had been spewing in the air during the boxing.

God of War Universe

God of War (2018)

Co-ordinate to Freya, the Serpent mysteriously appeared one mean solar day in the Lake of Nine. At ane indicate, he had a battle with Thor that could be felt across all the Nine Realms, ending in a stalemate. He has remained in the lake ever since, growing then large he'due south able to encircle all of Midgard. When the Jötnar were hunted down by Thor and the other Aesir, the remaining Jötnar fled to their homeworld, making Jörmungandr and "the Guardian" the last Giants in Midgard. He passes the time past sleeping and protecting Tyr's Temple. A nearby horn can exist used to summon him.

According to Mimir, the prophecy of Ragnarök foretells that the serpent and Thor volition fight again. In the fight, Thor volition striking Jörmungandr and then hard that it splinters Yggdrasil and sends him back in fourth dimension to a period well before his nascency (explaining his sudden appearance at the Lake).

Jörmungandr kickoff encounters Kratos and Atreus in the Lake of Nine, rise out of it and causing the water level to drop. He speaks to the pair briefly (though they cannot understand him) earlier returning to his sleep.

After Kratos and Atreus acquire the head of Mimir (the only person "alive" that knows his language), they summon the serpent to learn how to become to Jötunheim. The showtime thing Jörmungandr sees upon waking up happens to be a large statue of Thor, whom he despises with a passion. He destroys the statue, tearing off the upper half and swallowing information technology. He then spots Kratos and Atreus on the realm travel bridge, recognizing Mimir when he introduces himself. He becomes visibly angry when Mimir mistakenly identifies the two as friends of Odin merely calms down when Mimir hurriedly corrects himself. Subsequently learning of their intentions, he agrees to help them accomplish Jötunheim and realigns the bridge to make sure they're heading in the right management.

When Kratos brings a ill Atreus to Freya's house with Mimir, they hear the horn on the span sounding in the distance, noting that someone has called the snake. What transpired is unknown.

Kratos, Atreus, and Mimir later realize that the statue of Thor may have independent Mimir'south second eye, which they demand to reach Jötunheim. When Mimir asks him about the statue, Jörmungandr responds that he thinks it may however be in his stomach, and reluctantly allows them to enter his mouth to look for it. While they search inside his belly, he comes under attack from Baldur, expelling the three adjacent to the corpse of the Frost Giant Thamur.

Afterward, when under attack by Thamur's reanimated corpse (courtesy of Freya), Atreus calls out for him in the ancient tongue, and almost immediately, the colossal Serpent comes to their aid past attacking Thamur's corpse, assuasive Kratos to defeat Baldur.

The snake retreats afterwards the fight and is non seen once again. Kratos and Mimir suggest that it'south best to leave the Serpent alone to recover. Atreus volition yell out a thank you to the beast. The player cannot interact with him for the rest of the game although he still appears in the background due to his enormous size.

God of State of war: Ragnarök

Jörmungandr was seen nigh partly trapped in frozen ice as revealed from the game's comprehend art and showcase trailer.

Personality

Jörmungandr harbors a strong hatred towards the Aesir gods, principally Thor and Odin, for massacring the giants to well-nigh extinction. He hates Thor the almost (and vice-versa) and both are destined to slay each other during Ragnarök. According to Mimir, the snake absolutely abhors the statue of Thor equally the latter called him the fatty dobber and getting sick of looking at the statue. This hatred extends to their allies as well, since he becomes enraged and about attacks Kratos, Atreus and Mimir when the latter mistakenly tells him that they are Odin'due south friends in the giants' ancient tongue. Tyr was the but Aesir that earned his respect, every bit he helped to guard his temple and fifty-fifty responded to the horn in the temple's bridge. He also does non hate Mimir, probable as he is enlightened that the latter had tried his best to stop Odin from massacring the giants and Mimir understanding his dead tongue.

Jörmungandr feels extremely lonely, due to being both the last living giant in Midgard (following Faye's demise) and one of the very few beings who speak his language. However, the serpent does savor talking when he tin can, being described as a "sparkling conversationalist" by Mimir. Due to this, the serpent also sympathizes with those who have suffered the aforementioned loss, which made him more than than willing to assistance Kratos and Atreus.

Powers & Abilities

Jörmungandr is one of the most powerful beings in all the Realms, enough so to equal the tremendous might of Thor, the strongest of the Aesir. He is one of the strongest giants of all time and is physically largest from them.

• Immense Force: Maybe due to his affiliation to his titans and gods ancestors, Jörmungandr is immensely strong, perhaps amid the strongest of the Giants, surpassed just by Starkaðr, Surtr, Ymir, and his older brother Fenrir. He was capable of stalemating Thor, the strongest of the Aesir and who had killed many Giants earlier him. In fact, his forcefulness was so dandy that a battle between him and Thor splintered Yggdrasil and broke space-time itself, a feat which Kratos, who had feel traveling through time, regarded as impossible. He was besides able to quickly overpower and impale the reanimated Thamur, some other huge Giant. Another sit-in of his force is how he can pull himself forward and hold his heavy head and body almost horizontally and push the World span with ease.
• Immense Immovability: Jormugandr has tremendous levels of superhuman immovability, plenty so to survive an all-out battle with Thor, who had killed many giants before him. Although he was briefly knocked out by Baldur, it seems to have dealt no harm from him and he was quickly able to recover and aid Atreus and Kratos by killing off Thamur.
• Immense Speed: Despite his massive size Jörmungandr is able to move at a tremendous speed as he showed it during the concluding battle of Kratos and Atreus against Baldur, every bit he took down the reanimated Thamur in a moment.
• Venom: Jormungandr possesses extremely lethal venom chosen Eitr, as it'southward potent plenty to kill a God as powerful equally Thor. He grants some of it to Kratos' axe on his showtime meeting with the duo, permanently increasing the Runic stat by ~2.

Trivia

• His Greek equivalent (in terms of being jumbo snake) is Python. Likewise Ouroborus, a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, which the aforementioned thing of Jörmungandr that encircles Midgard and he grew and so big that it was able to environs the Midgard and grasp its ain tail.
• Possibly due to his Titan heritage; Although he is stated to be a Giant he was larger than Thamur and encircled the whole earth.
• Atreus picks up on Jörmungandr's linguistic communication throughout the game and shows knowledge of understanding it when he calls for the World Serpent to help them during their final battle with Baldur possibly create causal loop or bootstrap/ontological paradox, since it is probable that Jörmugandr learnt to speak the 'expressionless language' from Atreus himself.
  • However, information technology was possible that Jörmungandr learned the dead linguistic communication from Laufey, given that he and the giantess were the only giants left in Midgard at the time.
• Whilst Kratos travelled with Mimir and a sick Atreus dorsum to Freya, the horn was diddled. Who exactly summoned Jörmungandr and what transpired is currently unknown.
• During Mimir'south start chat with Jörmungandr, he mentioned that the Snake is familiar with the type of loss Kratos and Atreus are going through. This is mayhap due to the fact that he witnessed Thor's bloodthirsty slaughtering of the Giants, leaving him the merely 1 left in Midgard.
  • During this same chat, Jörmungandr tells Mimir that Atreus looks familiar. Mimir believes information technology has something to practice with time travel, to Kratos' disbelief.
    • Kratos incredulousness towards Mimir'southward story of Jörmungandr travelling through fourth dimension is rather odd, considering he himself has travelled through fourth dimension in the past, as well as seeing more recent examples of time manipulation such as when he stepped into the Lite of Alfheim, encountering Vanir Temporal Magic and the fact that time flows differently in the different Norse Realms.
  • Another possibility is that Jormungandr actually knew Laufey, every bit upon first meeting him Atreus comments that his mother said the serpent was friendly, meaning that she might have known him before she died.
• According to Mimir, the Serpent likes to be chosen "Jörmi" by those he considers shut friends.
• Given the loop regarding Jörmungandr's appearance, it is likely the younger version of Jörmungandr was sent back in time and the fully grown Jörmungandr is the one who bites Thor and dies in the process.
• Jörmungandr shares similarities with his keen-nifty grandpa Cronos;
  • Both were called upon using a horn.
  • Both are secondary relatives of Kratos.
  • Both played a key role in the history of games they appeared in.
  • Both accept swallowed Kratos
    • Interestingly, the similarities were referenced when Atreus asked Kratos if he's ever been inside the breadbasket of a giant and Kratos replied "Never i that was not trying to swallow me.", referencing to how Cronos tried to eat Kratos.
  • Kratos' line is curious, considering he had to enter the dead Hydra's mouth to save the Gunkhole Captain in the first game, and the beast was technically not trying to eat him, though the other heads of the did attempt to consume him prior to his defeat of the chief caput. Also, Kratos merely entered the esophagus of the Hydra, not it's stomach which he let the Gunkhole Captain autumn into.

References

Gallery

Jörmungandr (Codex)

Concept Art

Early Concept Art

3D Model

God of War (2018) Characters
Major Characters	Andvari • Atreus • Brok • Faye • Freya • Jörmungandr • Kratos • Mimir • Sindri
Small-scale Characters	Chaurli • Dagsetr • Optics of Odin • Hildisvíni • Mótsognir • Ratatoskr • Thamur • Wild Boar
Antagonists	Baldur • Magni • Modi • Thor
Imprisoned Dragons	Reginn • Fafnir • Otr
Unseen/Mentioned	Aurvandil • Bragi • Fenrir • Gróa • Heimdall • Hœnir • Höðr • Hrimthur • Odin • Sif • Sköll and Hati • Surtr • Tyr • Vé • Vili

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