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What is the name of the Norse prophecy describing the end of the world?
Answer
Ragnarök
Ragnarök (meaning 'doom of the powers' or 'fate of the gods') is the Norse apocalyptic prophecy describing the catastrophic end of the entire world when giants, demons, and monsters escape their eternal bonds and wage total war against the gods themselves. During this cosmic cataclysm, the sun and moon are devoured by cosmic wolves, the stars vanish entirely from the sky, the earth sinks beneath the seas, and even the legendary hall of Valhalla is destroyed in the chaos. Yet this apocalyptic destruction is not truly the final end—after the cosmic destruction, a new, green, and fertile world rises from the ocean, where survivors begin civilization anew.
💡 Did you know?
Unlike most apocalyptic myths ending in total annihilation, Ragnarök offers hope—a new, better world arises from the sea, offering rebirth even at the end of time.
Other options people guess
- Vanaheim
- Surtr
- Garmr
Topics
- Norse
- Eschatology
- Cosmology
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