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Ragnarök: what if the end of the world wasn't the end?

The gods know they are going to die. They ride out anyway. Then, under the ashes, the earth turns green again.

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Mabel Dorothy Hardy · Fenrir binded · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Ragnarök is the end of the world in Norse mythology. It is often translated as “twilight of the gods,” but the exact sense is closer to “fate of the powers.” It is not a punishment sent down from the sky, and it is not a final nothingness.

It is an inevitable tragedy: the order of Asgard collapses in one last battle against chaos. And yet that chaos prepares a rebirth. The end is only a stage in the cycle.

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  1. 2The signs before the battle
  2. 3The plain where the gods fall
  3. 4After the fire, the earth turns green
  4. 5A myth that still speaks
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