Under the THIRD ROOT lived the GIANTS... From the third root FLOWED the RIVER MIMIR,
which PROTECTED all the WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE of the WORLD.
In the TOPMOST branches of the ASH TREE (Yggdrasil) lived a gigantic EAGLE, the deadly ENEMY of the DRAGON (Nidhogg), watching with SHARP EYES for any CHANCE to KILL the cruel GUARDIAN of the KINGDOM of NASTRAND (under the second root).
And in the TRUNK of the mighty ASH TREE (Yggdrasil) lived a SQUIRREL (Ratasok). This sly
creature TOLD the DRAGON (Nidhogg) everything that the EAGLE SAID and REPORTED
all the DRAGON 's WORD TO the EAGLE. As the SQUIRREL (Ratasok) RAN UP and DOWN the TRUNK of the mighty ASH TREE the squirrel stirred up rumors and trouble and KEPT the EARTH in TURMOIL.
The GIANTS (under the third root) and the DRAGON (under the second root) HATED the GODS
(dwelt in Asgard in the centre of the universe) with a consuming and terrible hatred. They continually
plotted to overthrow Asgard and would do anything they could to harm Wotan and his family.
In the DARK and SOMBRE KINGDOM of NASTRAND (under the second root), as well as the DRAGON (Nidhogg), lived THREE other MONSTERS : - an enormous WOLF (Fernir), a SERPENT (Midgard), and the goddess of DEATH (Hel).
These monsters were the CHILDREN of LOKI (descendant of the god Bure freed from the blocks of
ice by a cow, one of Bor's sons, brother of Wotan (father of all the gods), AND one of the GIANTESSES (Angrboda). THEY had been RAISED BY their MOTHER and HER GIGANTIC
FAMILY and FROM the DAY THEY WERE BORN they HAD BEEN TAUGHT TO HATE THE
GODS OF ASGARD.
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