In Norse mythology, Nidhogg ("tearer of corpses") was the monster that ate the roots of the World Tree, Yggdrasil and swore at the eagle living in the tree's branches. Nidhogg also ate corpses.
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centuries, and with the "Confessions" of Augustine
and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress it occupies a
front rank, if not the foremost place, among ...