Would anyone please tell me about the English/Nordic/German mythology about the worm/dragon?

I heard there are several different versions.





There is one about the Laidly Worm, and it involves kissing the worm three times.





I also heard another version from my professor that it involves a girl kissing the nasty worm and scrubbing the skin of the worm off.

Would anyone please tell me about the English/Nordic/German mythology about the worm/dragon?
The version I heard involved a nobleman by the last name of Lambotten who went fishing on a sunday rather than go to church. He pulled up a small worm like reptile and realizing it was a dragon threw it in the well hoping it would drown. He then went off on the crusades without telling anyone. This dragon then grew very large and was undefeatable because any time a knight tried to kill it by chopping off it's head the body and head would reconnect. Lambotten returned and when he realized what he had done went to a priest and confessed. The priest advised him to draw the dragon to the stream where he had caught it since it was fast moving and fight it there. As Lambotten began cutting off the sections of the dragon they were swept away by the stream before they could reconnect. Lambotten was then instructed that when he got home he should kill the first person/creature he saw and while that turned out to be his father he killed his favorite dog instead hoping the priest wouldn't find out. According to the myth the Lambotten family had bad things continually happen to them. One version says he went to see a witch not a priest but since the story takes place around the crusades it is unlikely a nobleman would have gone to a witch.


Don't know if that was the version you were looking for or not. I have never heard of the Laidly Worm. In Norse mythology worms or Wyrms as it was spelled were the offspring of Midgardsorm the sea dragon. It was said that Aegir the Sea God caught wyrms and roasted their hearts for the various Aesir and Vanir gods and goddesses to eat and the blood to drink. According to Norse mythology the blood of the wyrms and I guess any dragon was supposed to provide wisdom and the heart was supposed to provide strength and courage.
Reply:the worm in the norse mythology is:


the sea serpent Jormungand was a child of Loki and Angerboda. The Aesir knew Jormungand would be dangerous for humanity, so they tossed him into the waters that encircled Midgard. Jormungand grew so big that he was able to surround the earth and grasp his own tail.(see Ouroboros).


During Ragnarok, Thor will finally kill Jormungand, but not before Jormungand can drop poison on Thor and kill him as well.





Jormungand is also sometimes referred to as the Midgard Serpent.
Reply:There are several. Most notable is Nidhog who devours the roots of the great tree that supports all of the worlds. Jormungand is not a dragon but a serpent who encircles Midgard the world of men. Fafnir was a man who turned into a dragon and took his family's treasure. Siegfried killed Fafnir and bathed in his blood, so he became invulnerable, except in a spot where a leaf fell onto his back. As one might guess, he was slain by a spear in that spot. Beowulf's last deed was to slay a dragon.
Reply:The version I heard involved a nobleman by the last name of Lambotten who went fishing on a sunday rather than go to church. He pulled up a small worm like reptile and realizing it was a dragon threw it in the well hoping it would drown. He then went off on the crusades without telling anyone. This dragon then grew very large and was undefeatable because any time a knight tried to kill it by chopping off it's head the body and head would reconnect. Lambotten returned and when he realized what he had done went to a priest and confessed. The priest advised him to draw the dragon to the stream where he had caught it since it was fast moving and fight it there. As Lambotten began cutting off the sections of the dragon they were swept away by the stream before they could reconnect. Lambotten was then instructed that when he got home he should kill the first person/creature he saw and while that turned out to be his father he killed his favorite dog instead hoping the priest wouldn't find out. According to the myth the Lambotten family had bad things continually happen to them. One version says he went to see a witch not a priest but since the story takes place around the crusades it is unlikely a nobleman would have gone to a witch.


Don't know if that was the version you were looking for or not. I have never heard of the Laidly Worm. In Norse mythology worms or Wyrms as it was spelled were the offspring of Midgardsorm the sea dragon. It was said that Aegir the Sea God caught wyrms and roasted their hearts for the various Aesir and Vanir gods and goddesses to eat and the blood to drink. According to Norse mythology the blood of the wyrms and I guess any dragon was supposed to provide wisdom and the heart was supposed to provide strength and courage.





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Reply:Ahhhh...very simple. Many years ago, a man was searching for food for his family. He wasn't having much luck so he decided to sit down for a while and fish while he rested his feet. He was turning over rocks to find some bait when he came across this red winged worm. He picked it up and stuck it on his hook. He cast his pole and the bait landed in the water. To his supprise, the worm was still alive and started to fly. He reeled it in, looked at it, shrugged his shoulders and cast it out once again. He continued this until he finally caught enough food for his family. Hence, fly fishing was invented...lol