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Miðgarðsormr

Miðgarðsormr
  • Creator: Trish Baer 1952-
  • Description: Trish Baer based this needle felting on Louis Moe's illustration in his retelling of Norse mythology, Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning. The illustration depicts the head of Miðgarðsormr rising up out of the ocean, with a Viking ship sinking in the background, during Fimbulvetr, the period of war and chaos that precedes Ragnarök in Norse mythology. See Moe's original illustration here.
  • Source: Trish Baer's needle felted rendering of Miðgarðsormr
  • Folio or Page: Inspired by Louis Moe's illustration page 45 in Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning.
  • Medium: Needle felted with wool and silk on a piece of material from a woolen blanket.
  • Date: 2020-08-08
  • Dimensions (mm): 210 x 160
  • Provenance:
    This needle felting piece is from from the Collection of P. A. Baer.
  • Rights:
    All Rights Reserved
  • Bibliography:

    Primary Sources

    Moe, Louis Maria Niels Peder Halling. Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning. København, A.F. Høst, 1929.
  • Identity Number: DIS-PAB-RagRokEnBil-1929-UVic-045-01
  • Download size: 1.86 MB
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Moe, Louis   Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning   Ragnarök, Ragnarok   Fimbulvetr   Miðgarðsormr, Midgard Serpent   Jörmungandr, Jormungand   ormr, serpent   needle felted  

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Baer, Trish (en.) b. 25th January 1952
Occupation: Adjunct Professor in Medieval Studies; Digital Scholarship Fellow in the Electronic Texts and Culture Lab; editor and MyNDIR-IDG (Insight Development Grant) Team Leader

Creatures: animals, birds, monsters etc.

Jörmungandr (non.) Jormungand (en.) A monstrous serpent who is the progeny of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. This serpent is also known as Miðgarðsormr and, in English, the Midgard Serpent.
Miðgarðsormr (non.) Midgard Serpent (en.) A monstrous serpent who is the progeny of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. This serpent is also known as Jörmungandr and in English as the Midgard Serpent.

Mythological Events

Fimbulvetr (non.) The series of three unusually harsh winters, without intervening seasons, that preceded Ragnarök.
Ragnarök (non.) Ragnarok (en.) The final great battle between the gods and the giants.

Nouns

needle felted (en.) A 2D or 3D felted item produced with a barbed needle and unspun fibre.
ormr (non.) serpent (en.)

Source Materials:

Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning (da.) Louis Moe's illustrated retelling of the Battle of Ragnarok and the events that preceded it.

Source Persons

Moe, Louis (no.) b. 1857
d. 1945
Nationality: Norwegian/Danish.
Occupation: illustrator
Residence: Copenhagen
Moe was an illustrator who was born in Norway but became a Danish citizen in 1919.