Originally posted by Vinegaroon:

Why bugs though? I’m an entomologist and I fail to see the connection to vikings. The Abomination is sorta spider like and based on a local legend. But bugs don’t really fit.

Long ago, the Allfather Odin united the worlds. He threw down his foes and cast them into the tenth world, then split the boughs that held their prison to the world-tree, and left it to drift unanchored, a place of exile.

I would guess the 10th realm is a place not fully understood, but also the enemies of Odin were imprisoned here in Valheim and some giants over the ages died. You find their rusted weapons and bones scattered beneath the mists but no flesh remains. Perhaps the plants and creatures consuming giants flesh were mutated and grew in size, the mushrooms are quiet large and full of magical energies, the roots are pulsating with that same power and size. Is it so strange to think maybe the bugs consuming magical giants flesh were not also changed?