Summary: The Mighty Norse Shall Fall At Raganarok

The Mighty Norse shall fall at Raganarok

All things living, animals, man, and even the gods shall meet the gentle kiss of death. This is found to be burned into the fabled myths of the mighty Norse gods. They called this event Ragnarok, or twilight of the gods. In this the mighty gods fell to the evil ice giants. All perished including Odin, Thor, and Baldur during the great battle. This twilight of the gods was set forth by the devious actions of Loki and his son Fenrir. All hope was lost, mankind and the gods were destroyed in battle. All that was left in the world was vengeance.

Ragnarok had been foretold in prophecies for as long as the gods had existed. It warned of the end of the gods and the universe. That the world consuming ice giants would rise and destroy the world. The gods began to see signs of the prophecy becoming true. They knew that the end was upon them. “They prepared as well as they could. Odin took a great deal of time and care selecting the ablest human warriors to join him in the final battle against the world-devouring giants. But, deep down, they knew that all of their desperate actions were in …show more content…
These select few would live on to repopulate the world and bring life to the war torn earth that remained. Those who survived were “two people, Lif “a woman” and Liftraser “a man”, will find sheltering in the sacred tree Yggdrasil. And when the battle is over, they will come out and populate the earth again. Several of the gods will survive, among them Odin's sons Vidar and Vali and his brother Honir. Thor's sons Modi and Magni they will inherit their father's hammer Mjölnir” ( Højbjerg) The world would soon be reborn and the gods would return. The end of times was merely the beginning of a new chapter in the cycle of life. Ragnarok may have succeeded in destroying the old world and killing the gods, but with death there will always be life. For the two go together hand in