Ca. 700-1100 AD A heavy silver twisted bracelet comprised strands of silver woven together, with looped terminals decorated with incised dots meant evoke the form of a snake. In Norse mythology, Jormungand (pronounced “YOUR-mun-gand;” Old Norse Jörmungandr, “Great Beast”), also called the “Midgard Serpent,” is a snake or dragon who lives in the ocean that surrounds Midgard, the visible world. He was so enormous that his body forms a circle around the entirety of Midgard. He is one of the three children of Loki and the giantess Angrboda, along with Hel and Fenrir. Size: L:65mm / W:51mm ; 32.66g Provenance: From the private collection of a South London art professional; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market in the 1990s.