Abstract
‘Jörmungandr’ is a rendering of the Old Norse poem Hymiskvida, in which Thor goes fishing with the giant Hymir and inadvertently almost destroys the world. This myth merges with memories of my teenage eel-fishing expeditions in the former Yorkshire Fen. Jörmungandr is the world serpent of Norse mythology, whose unravelling will precipitate Ragnarök. The poem is taken from my sequence /ˌiːlʌɪ/, which is rooted in my experiences with the European eel.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 32 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Volume | 43 |
| No. | 9 |
| Specialist publication | London Review of Books |
| Publication status | Published - 6 May 2021 |