====== Snakes ======

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Cold-blooded hazards of rock, heath, and story, linked in myth to venom, treasure, boundaries, and world-encircling fear.

===== In the North =====

Northern snakes are usually small compared with tropical serpents, but venomous adders can still matter around rocks, heather, and summer paths. Larger serpents should feel supernatural or foreign.

===== Myth and Folklore =====

Jörmungandr, the world-serpent, gives snakes enormous mythic weight. Smaller snakes can echo venom, hidden danger, cursed treasure, and the edge of Ragnarök without being divine themselves.

===== Campaign Use =====

Use snakes as natural hazards, poison sources, omen animals near cursed treasure, or scaled-down reflections of greater serpent threats.

===== See Also =====

  * [[:creatures|Norse Creatures]]

===== Sources =====

  * Wildlife of Norway: https://grokipedia.com/page/Wildlife_of_Norway
  * Jörmungandr: https://grokipedia.com/page/J%C3%B6rmungandr

===== Game Master Notes =====

DM-only encounter details, stat blocks, and running notes are kept at [[dm:creatures:snakes|Snakes (DM)]].