Níðhöggr and Veðrfölnir's Eagle are locked in an eternal feud from the bottom and top of Yggdrasil. Ratatoskr carries their hateful words between them, fueling a rivalry that spans the entire world tree.
Níðhöggr perpetually gnaws at Yggdrasil's roots in Hvergelmir, seeking to destroy the World Tree. Ratatoskr carries insults between Níðhöggr and the eagle atop the tree, fueling their enmity.
Níðhöggr dwells near Hvergelmir, the primordial spring beneath Yggdrasil's root in Niflheim. The dragon gnaws the root while feeding on corpses that sink into the spring's depths.
Níðhöggr gnaws at Yggdrasil's root in the depths of Niflheim, feeding on corpses from the realm of the dead. The dragon's ceaseless destruction undermines the world tree from below.
The Norns tend Yggdrasil by pouring water and clay from the Well of Urðr onto its roots, countering the damage Níðhöggr inflicts from below. Their nurturing opposes the dragon's destruction.
After Ragnarök, the dragon Níðhöggr is seen flying over the renewed earth bearing corpses in its wings, a final ominous image in the Völuspá's prophecy.
Ratatoskr, the squirrel, runs up and down Yggdrasil carrying insults between Níðhöggr at the roots and the eagle at the crown. The squirrel's mischief fuels the enmity between dragon and bird.
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