Ragnarok--A Discovery!!!

The Ragnarok is a war between Norse gods and the giants and the Lokis. Here, I won’t tell you the story of Ragnarok, it is Han’s job. I’m here to discuss something about ‘The Witch’s Prophecy’.

Ragnarok means ‘the decline of the gods and their fate’, in ‘The Witch’s Prophecy’, I found something interesting. ‘The Witch’s Prophecy’ might be completed by a prophet of ancient German in 1000s, and this period was the decline of the Norse, not many historical remains were left.

And the following is what I found, interesting:

In ‘The Witch’s Prophecy’, one of the prophecies foretold the happening of Ragnarok, but the Ragnarok might be not happens in ancient Norse, it might be the World War One. ‘The Witch’s Prophecy’ wrote:

World War One might be the Ragnarok, because this war was began by the Germans, and the Germans’ ancient civilization was linked with the Norse. ‘The Witch’s Prophecy’ might be right, the war happened in Europe, neither in Asia nor Africa nor America nor other.

But who were the gods in Ragnarok (or WWI)? If Ragnarok didn’t really happened, then why it was named with ‘the decline of the gods and their fate’? There must be somebody who was the ‘gods’, they maybe generals of the frontline, and those giants maybe those tanks…

Right, Myth Guy wanted me to talk about Ragnarok, so here I go....

First of all, if any of you fools think I'm talking about the online game, go somewhere else.... we hate Ragnarok Online :P

Anyway, the first sign of Ragnarok's coming is when there's a 3 year long winter known as 'Fimbulwinter' During that period all of mankind will be fighting each other. Brother slaying brother, father slaying son, son slaying grandfather etc etc.

During all of this Loki will be freed from his imprisonment and he will gather all the giants for a final battle with the Gods of Asgard. At this point his daughter, Hel, will gather all her dead minions (those who died not in battle and went down to Hel) and they will ride on a boat made solely out of human nails. At this point the huge sea-serpent Jormungand (one of Loki's sons) will emerge from the ocean to join the battle. They will all gather at Vigrid Plains for the final face-off with the gods.

What about the gods? Heimdall, the keeper of Bifrost bridge will see the great enemy approaching and will blow his horn, warning all of the approaching foe. Odin will then gather all the gods and Eihenjar (I don't know exactly how it's spelled). Einhenjar are warriors who died gloriously in battle.

Soon the battle begins. Fenrir, who was previously bound by chains will break free of his chains. He will devour Odin. Thor will die in a duel between Jormungand (Jormungand will die as well) Tyr will be killed by one of Hel's wolves I think (he's always had trouble with wolves, if you've read about him and Fenrir...). Many god will die. Nidhogg will succeed in chewing the root of Yggdrasil, and both the Sun and Moon will be devoured by the wolves who were chasing them. Finally, after the battle, two humans will survive and they will repopulate the earth. There will be other gods who survived the battle as well. Both Hoder and Balder will reincarnate (yay!). I found this really interesting article.

Go to http://www.ragnarok.no/ for a much deeper explanation on Ragnarok...