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Bookmark or Share- Ragnarök - WikipediaIn Norse mythology, Ragnarök ( / ˈræɡnəˌrɒk, ˈrɑːɡ -/ ⓘ; [2] [3] [4] Old Norse: Ragnarǫk) is a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which numerous great Norse mythological figures will perish (including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdall, and Loki ); [5] it will entail a catastrophic series of natural disaster...
- Ragnarök - World History EncyclopediaRagnarök is the cataclysmic battle between the forces of chaos and those of order in Norse mythology, ending the world and killing most of the gods and their adversaries, leading to the birth of a new world. It has been claimed, however, that in pre-Christian Norse belief there was no rebirth after the fall of the gods.
- Ragnarök | Gods, Giants & Monsters | BritannicaRagnarök, (Old Norse: “Doom of the Gods”), in Scandinavian mythology, the end of the world of gods and men. The Ragnarök is fully described only in the Icelandic poem Völuspá (“Sibyl’s Prophecy”), probably of the late 10th century, and in the 13th-century Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson (d. 1241), which largely follows the Völuspá.
- Ragnarok - Norse Mythology for Smart PeopleRagnarok is the cataclysmic destruction of the cosmos and everything in it – even the gods. When Norse mythology is considered as a chronological set of tales, the story of Ragnarok naturally comes at the very end.
- Ragnarök: Classic Norse Myth of the End of the World - ThoughtCoRagnarök or Ragnarok, which in Old Norse means either Destiny or Dissolution ( Rök) of the Gods or Rulers ( Ragna ), is a pre-Viking mythic tale of the end (and rebirth) of the world. A later form of the word Ragnarok is Ragnarokkr, which means Darkness or Twilight of the Gods. Key Takeaways: Ragnarök.
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