Menglod. In Fjölsvinnsmál, Laegjarn's chest is fastened with nine locks. During Ragnarök, Thor kills Jörmungandr but staggers back nine steps before falling dead himself, poisoned by the venom that the Serpent spewed over him and after that, he resurrected himself. According to the very late Trollkyrka poem, the fire for the blót was lit with nine kinds of wood. Odin's ring Draupnir releases eight golden drops every ninth night, forming rings of equal worth for a total of nine rings. In the guise of Grímnir in the poem Grímnismál, Odin allows himself to be held by King Geirröd for eight days and nights and kills him on the ninth after revealing his true identity. There are nine daughters of Ægir. There are nine mothers of Heimdall. There are nine great lindworms: Jörmungandr, Níðhöggr, Grábakr, Grafvölluðr, Ofnir, Svafnir, Grafvitni and his sons Góinn and Móinn. The god Hermod rode Sleipnir for nine nights on his quest to free Baldr from the underworld. The giant Baugi had nine thralls who killed each other in their desire to possess Odin's magical sharpening stone. The god Njord and his wife Skadi decided to settle their argument over where to live by agreeing to spend nine nights in Thrymheim and nine nights at Nóatún. The giant Thrivaldi has nine heads. The clay giant Mokkurkalfi measured nine leagues high and three broad beneath the arms. When Odin sacrificed himself to himself, he hung upon the gallows of Yggdrasill for nine days and nights. In return, he secured rúnar 'runes, secret knowledge'. The valknut symbol is three interlocking triangles forming nine points. There are nine surviving deities of Ragnarök, including Baldr and Hödr, Magni and Modi, Vidar and Váli, Hoenir, the daughter of Sól and a ninth "powerful, mighty one, he who rules over everything". See also Numerology Rök Stone Notes References Germanic paganism Germanic paganism and mythology lists Language and mysticism Norse mythology Numerology