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Nidhogg

This creature originates from Scandinavian/Germanic myth. This serpent hides in the pit Hvergelmer and forever gnaws at the roots of the ashtree, Yggdrasil. Yggdrasil, or "The World Tree", supports the universe and the place in which the gods judge, Thus the reason Nidhogg wants to destroy it (he wants to destroy the universe).
Other spellings are Niddhogg and Nydhogg.
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