Ca. 900-1100 AD.A superb heavy gold ring comprised of a twisted band with wrapped terminals. This ring was intended to evoke the form of a snake. In Norse mythology, Jormungand, 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. For a similar see The British Museum, Museum number 1851,0313.1.Size: D: 17.45mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O1/2; 10.09gProvenance: From the private collection of a Central London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/European art market before 2000.