Ragnarök

destroyed, a new and better world will begin that is free from evil. There is also a present idea of the good side having a rival, or certain opponent to fight from the evil side. For example, in the Armageddon, Jesus will fight the Antichrist, and in Ragnarok, Thor will fight the Midgard serpent. One difference is the outcome of their battles, though. In the Christian belief, it is said the good will triumph over evil, meaning that Jesus will defeat the Antichrist. In Nordic belief, though,…

Superheroes movie have had a major impact on the cinematic industry for the past few years, and things don’t appear to be changing any time soon. It’s a great time to be alive for Marvel fans. With dozens of film on the way in the coming years (maybe even another decade), there definitely won 't be any shortage of super heroes actions. With new films constantly being added to the list, here are a few that will have comic books fans feel like they’re in heaven. Ant-Man and the Wasp An Ant-Man…

According to Norse Mythology, Heimdall was the watchman of the gods. Also known as the shining god, or the white skinned of all gods. Heimdall lived at the entry of Asgard, where he protected the “Rainbow Bridge. It is also known as “Bifrost”. In his hand, he is carrying a device that looks like ringing horn. That “Ringing Horn” is actually called a “Gjallahorn” The gjallahorn was used to to inform his people, that the giants are near Asgard and they are in danger. The family starts with…

were total strangers to each other. Magnus had no idea what the sword was capable of, and the sword knew nothing about Magnus, either. Later in the book, Magnus learned more about the importance of the sword and his duty of stopping the Ragnarok. To this point, Magnus still thought of the Sword of Summer as an object that he’s supposed to retrieve to save the world, instead of a living thing with consciousness. After Magnus got the sword back from Ran the sea goodness, he asked it to…

According to the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá and the Prose Edda, the first human couple consisted of driftwood found by a trio of gods and imbued with life in the form of three gifts (Ask and Embla). After the cataclysm of Ragnarok, this process is mirrored in the survival of two humans from a wood. These two humankind were to repopulate the new, green earth. Traces and influences of Norse paganism can still be found in the culture and traditions of the modern Nordic countries; Denmark, Finland,…

Classic Trickster’s represent the traits of sly, cunning, quick thinking, mischievous, recognition. Trickster’s will try to repeatedly annoy the gods to make a name for themselves, or they will commit an act of great proportions that will be heard by their respective realms. Some trickster's can be born into a position of power and commit mischievous deeds, but others use those mischievous deeds to gain a position of power. Hermes, from Greek Mythology, used a mischievous act at a young age to…

Your novel “Magnus Chase and the Sword of Summer”, juxtaposes the two elements of a children’s book perfectly; on the one hand, you stay true to the subject of the novel and the real mythology, while still, you illustrate the macabre reality of Norse mythology in a way presentable to children. We have grown up watching the avengers. where the Norse characters strayed so far off from their true forms, so as to appeal to Hollywood. The truth was sugarcoated, censored, just so that the…

waves that have devastated coastal cities around the world. Not only has Nidhogg almost gnawed through the world tree, but the Midgard Serpent has broken free from its bonds. The seas roil as the serpent rises to the surface. To the final battle. To Ragnarök.” (M.A. Marr / K.L. Armstrong , Chapter 5 page 60). This helps represent the claim because the authors use the dialogue to help stir the empathy within readers because one way or another all of us have dealt with tsunamis and tidal waves…

The Greco-Roman pantheon and the Norse pantheon are extremely similar to one another with similar roles. From Thor to Jupiter to Odin to Hephaestus, the gods in the pantheons. The “trickster” archetype is common throughout both even though it has a more obvious presence in the Norse Pantheon. The honorable warrior and thunder lord archetypes are almost explicitly the same since honorable warriors were at the height of both societies. The main goddesses in both are also extremely similar in their…

After being caught Loki is tied to rocks inside a cave with poison falling above his head where he remains until Ragnarok. Also, Loki was responsible for tricking the dwarfs Brock and Eitri into making weapons for the gods by saying Eitri couldn’t make valuable things like his brother. So, the brothers just thought it was a wager but it was really a way for Loki to…