Ragnarok

1
Ragnarok

• Gotterdammerung
• Doom of the Gods

2
Fimbulvetr

• The winter of all winters
• Consists of three winters of the harshest weather
  with no summer in between
• It will cause fights among families and friends
  morality disappears
• It is the harbinger of the end

3
Darkness

• Skoll (a great wolf) will eat the sun
• Hati (his brother) will eat the moon
• Stars will vanish
• Three cocks crow- Fjalar to the giants - The
  golden cock Gullinkambi to the gods- A third
  cock will raise the dead

4
Earthquakes

• Will ravish the entire earth, breaking all bonds
• Fenrir and Loki will get loose

5
The Bad Guys

• Jormungand, the Midgard Serpent, twists in fury
  and makes his way toward land.
• Jormungands breath will stain the soil and the
  sky with poison.
• The waves caused by his movements will free the
  ship Naglfar, which will allow the giants to sail
  towards the battlefield. This boat is made from
  dead mens fingernails.

6
The Bad Guys

• From the Hel, a second ship will set sail, and
  this ship carries the inhabitants of Hel, with
  Loki as their leader.
• The giant Surt will lead the fire giants to join
  forces against the gods.
• Surt carries a fiery sword that scorches the
  earth.
• All these monster crossing Bifrost cause it to
  shatter

7
The Good Guys

• Heimdall sounds his horn to call the sons of Odin
  and the warriors assembled in Valhalla
• All will meet on the plain of Vigrid ("battle
  shaker") where the last battle will be fought.

8
The World Tree

• Yggdrasil shakes from root to summit

9
The Battles

• Odin vs. Fenrir
• Thor vs. Jormungand
• Freyr vs. Surt
• Tyr vs. Garm
• Loki vs. Heimdall

10
The Outcomes

• Odin vs. Fenrir - the battle lasts forever, but
  ends in Fenrir swallowing Odin Vidar (Odins
  son) will attack Fenrir using his bare hands and
  a special shoe made from the scrapes of millions
  of shoe soles and rip his jaws apartGood Guys
  1 Bad Guys 1

11
The Outcomes

• Thor vs. Jormungand A Pyrrhic victory. Thor
  will kill the snake, but is fatally
  poisoned.Good Guys 2Bad Guys 2

12
The Outcomes

• Freyr vs. Surt Freyr had given his sword to his
  servant, and is easy prey to the giantGood
  Guys 2 Bad Guys 3

13
The Outcomes

• Tyr vs. Garm They kill each otherGood
  Guys 3 Bad Guys 4

14
The Outcomes

• Loki vs. Heimdall They kill each
  otherGood Guys 4
• Bad Guys 5

15
Oops!

• Surt, in a battle rage, will fling fire from his
  sword in every direction
• The nine worlds burn, and pretty much everyone
  who survived the fighting on both sides will die
• The earth sinks into the sea

16
The Aftermath

• Afterwards, a new earth with plenty of resources
  rises from the sea
• The sun, before being swallowed, gave birth.
  This new sun returns light to the world
• Some gods survive - Vili (Odins brother)-
  Vidar and Vali (Odins sons)- Móði and Magni
  (Thors sons) They inherit Mjollnir- Hœnir-
  Balder and Hod return to live in Valhalla- No
  goddesses are mentioned but possibly Frigg,
  Freyja, and a few other goddess survived

17
Aftermath (continued)

• Lif and Lifthrasir will be two humans that
  survive (they hid inside of Yggdrasil). They
  repopulate the earth.
• Wickedness and misery will no longer exist
• Gods and men will live happily together.
• Nidhogg, a dragon that lives off the roots of
  Yggdrasil will survive and suck the blood of the
  dead in the new world

18
Bibliography

• http//www.pantheon.org/articles/r/ragnarok.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RagnarC3B6k