The Norse legend of Jormungandr specifies that the great serpent encircles the whole of the earth, binding it together. When Thor kills him, the world begins to fall apart, sounding the beginning of Ragnarok, the Norse armageddon. Myths are created to explain the unexplainable, they are handed down through verbal and written tradition, mutating and transforming a they go, exposure to them formed ancient knowledge of the world and became the basis for major religions and systems of belief. In the same way, careful editing and exposure to diffrent information through the internet and mass media outlets shapes our beliefs in the world around us.