Ragnarok, A Symphony of Apocalyptic Destiny: The saga of Ragnarok represents a critical narrative within the pantheon of Norse mythology, vividly illustrating a cataclysmic battle that ushers in both the ultimate destruction and the subsequent rebirth of the world.
Ragnarök 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.
Ragnarök is a prophecy about the end of the world in Scandinavian legend. It foretells a final battle resulting in the death of gods and men.
Ragnarok: Created by Emilie Lebech Kaae, Adam Price. With David Stakston, Jonas Strand Gravli, Herman Tømmeraas, Theresa Frostad Eggesbø. A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for Ragnarok -- unless someone intervenes in time.
Ragarök, the fated last battle of the gods, is the culmination of all of Norse mythology. Many surviving sources make it clear that the gods knew their fate and that all the legends that surrounded them were building toward the inevitable end of the world.
Ragnarok 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 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, (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.