Talk:Jörmungandr

remomved

I removed this from the article:

"According to another folktale, whenever fishermen, sea explorers or Viking raiding parties encountered the Serpent, Thor would come along to fight the great snake. It is possible that this particular myth arose because of thunderstorms at sea (the Norsemen believed that thunderstorms were caused by Thor riding across the sky in his goat-pulled chariot), where the ocean's waves ripped at ships like they were a gigantic snake. Ancient Norsemen spent a considerable amount of their time at sea, so many of their myths and legends revolve around such matters."

This is news to me. Anyone got a source? - Haukurth 14:16, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Per Wikipedia:Use English rules, this article should be moved to Midgard Serpent, which is the most common English term. DreamGuy 23:29, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

• Support. I'm fine with that, though "Midgardsormr" seems to get more Google hits. It's perhaps also worth noting that Britannica's article is at "Jörmungand".Oppose Changing my vote, Stefán and Matthew have a point. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 23:53, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
• Oppose We should keep articles on deities at their names, also Britannica sets a nice example. Stefán Ingi 23:44, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
• Comment It seems to me that 'Midgard Serpent' is a descriptive, rather than the creature's name. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 23:44, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
• Oppose. Keep diacritics. ナイトスタリオン ✉ 08:28, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
• Support, use common English name, commonly used as a proper name, more often with a capital S than not. If it were merely descriptive, you'd see more of other synonyms for serpent than you do. The other alternative would be Jormungand, much more common than Jörmungandr. Gene Nygaard 16:14, 28 November 2005 (UTC)