(mythological being). Ratatosk appears in Walter Simonson's Ragnarok comic, which takes place in an alternate mythos in which the forces of evil won the final battle. Notes References Bellows, Henry Adams (Trans.) (1936). The Poetic Edda. Princeton University Press. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Byock, Jesse (Trans.) (2005). The Prose Edda. Penguin Classics. Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis (1993). The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe. Routledge. Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874). An Icelandic-English Dictionary: Based on the Ms. Collections of the Late Richard Cleasby. Clarendon Press. Lindow, John (2001). Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press. Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer Sturtevant, Albert Morey (1956). "Three Old Norse Words: Gamban, Ratatoskr, and Gymir" as collected in Sturtevant, Albert Morey (Editor) (1956). Scandinavian Studies''', August 1956, volume 28, number 3. Thorington Jr. Richard W. and Ferrell, Katie (2006). Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide. Johns Hopkins University Press. Thorpe, Benjamin (Trans.) (1907). The Elder Edda of Saemund Sigfusson''. Norrœna Society. External links Creatures in Norse mythology Mythological rodents Talking animals in mythology Squirrels in human culture