What is Ragnorak?

Question

A Norse myth I think but I don't recall details.

Answer 1

I found this on a search for Ragnorak in Norse Mythology.



Few other mythic systems can have as bleak a vision of the future as the ancient Scandinavian. Finally, it was believed, the forces of evil and chaos would outnumber and overcome the divine and human guardians of good and order. Loki and his monstrous children would burst their bonds; the dead would sail from Niflheim to attack the living. Heimdall, the watchman of the gods, would summon the heavenly host with a blast on his horn. Then would ensue a final battle between good and evil, which the gods would lose, as was their fate (Ragnarok). {Alternately, Ragnarok is seen as a battle in which the "good" beings and the "evil" mutally destroy each other and the world has come to and end. Some people survive Ragnarok and shall re-populate earth, living in The Hall of Gimle, the most beautifull place on earth.}

The gods, aware of this, were gathering the finest warriors to fight on their side when the day came, but in the end they would be powerless to prevent the world from descending into the chaos out of which it had once emerged; the gods and their world would be destroyed. Odin himself would be swallowed by Fenrir the wolf, the very embodiment of evil. Still, there would be a few survivors, both human and divine, who would populate a new world, to start the cycle anew. Or so the sybil tells us: scholars are divided on the question whether this is a later addition to the myth that betrays Christian influence.

Answer 2

the other answers are pretty on the money about it being the Apocalypse. In the myth one of the interesting things is that there are 800 divine warriors who will pass through 540 doors = 432,000
in the Hindu sacred epics the number of years reckoned to be in the present cycle of time is 432,000

Babylonian flood myth from witch the bible is taken there elapsed 432,000 years from the first city of Kusch to the end if the antediluvian era

one complete cycle of the vernal equinox the time it takes for the earth to travel the 12 signs of the zodiac is 25,920 years great platonic year but if we divide by 60 the Babylonian Soth or basic unit if astronomical measurement we get
432

WOW
the list goes on and on
number of dimples in the perfect golf ball. 432
Wilson 432

a rested man in shape will have a heart rate 60 beats per minute 3600 per hour times 24 equals 86,400 divided by 2 equals 43,200

Answer 3

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is the battle at the end of the world. It would supposedly be waged between the gods (the Æsir, led by Odin) and their aggressors (the fire giants, the Jotuns and various monsters, led by Loki). Not only will some of the gods, giants, and monsters perish in this apocalyptic conflagration, but almost everything in the universe will be torn asunder.

Answer 4

Ragnarok, is norse myth about the end of the world. There is a battle, and fenrir eats the sun.

Answer 5

Let's see... it's a rockband, a computer game and in Norse mythology the end of everything.

Answer 6

in norse mythology ragnarok is the end of the world and the fall fall of valhallla home of the gods, the ice bridge collapses and valhalla is destroyed

Answer 7

It's the day when Loki and his followers will tear a part their chains and fight with gods in the last battle where they all gonna die. Then in the new world ,made by Alfadur, sons of Odin, Thror, Baldur and Hodur will live with people :)

Answer 8

Is like apocalypse but in this mythology. The end of the world...

Answer 9

It's an old traditional soup made from tree bark and desensitized magnets