Ratatöskr, the messenger squirrel

RATATÖSKR

Ratatöskr is a deity of Norse mythology, was responsible for sending messages from one end of the Yggdrasil to another. Normally this squirrel is related to the eagle Veorfölnir and the dragon Niohöggr, since it communicated to the dragon what the eagle said and communicated to the eagle what the dragon said, but he made up the messages in such a way that they would get angry one another. It should be noted that the dragon lived on the roots of the Yggdrasil and the eagle in the crown.

Some interpretations believe that the red squirrel wants to destroy the tree, but having a very small size, manipulates the eagle and the dragon to help destroy it, in this way, the enraged dragon gnaws the roots of the tree so that the tree fall and crush the eagle, and this breaks the branches of the cup with the intention that this branches fall on the top of the dragon.