is ragnarok(the twilight of the gods) eg apocalypse approching?

Question

as in the norse stories edda and such

Answer 1

Ditto.....it is upon us.

Fenrir will devour the sun, stars and moon

Answer 2

It's really just a story of how life will always repeat itself. It talks about the death of most of the gods but at the end, Midgard starts from the beggining, two humans manage to escape the initial destruction and can go from there, so it's pretty much just a story explaining the cycle of life and death.

Answer 3

Yes it is and heres why,
Remember You asked:
These are the relvant stanzas from the Poetic Edda:

39. In the east sat the old one, in the Iron-Woods,
bred there the bad brood of Fenrir;
will one of these whose than they all,
the sun swallow, in a seeming wolf.

40. He feeds on the flesh of fallen men,
with their blood sullies the seats of the gods;
will grow swart the sunshine in summers thereafter
the weather, woe-bringing: do ye wit more, or how?

41. His harp striking on hills there sat
gladsome Eggthér he who guard the ogress;
o'er him gaily in the gallows tree
crowed the fair red cock which is Fjalar hight.

42. Crowed o'er the gods Gullinkambi,
wakes he the heroes who with Herjan dwell;
another crows the earth beneath
in the halls of Hel, of hue dark red,

43. Garm bays loudly before Gnippa cave,
breaks his fetters and freely runs.
The fates I fathom yet further I see
of the mighty gods the engulfing doom.

44. Brothers will battle to bloody end,
and sisters' sons their sib betray;
woe's in the world much wantonness;
[axe-age, sword-age---- sundered are shields
wind-age, wolf-age, ere the world crumbles;]
will the spear of no man spare the other.

45. Mimir's sons dance; the downfall bodes
when blares the gleaming old Gjallarhorn;
loud blows Heimdall, with horn aloft;
in Hel's dark hall horror spreadeth,
once more Óthinn with Mim's head speaketh
ere Surt's sib swallows him.

46. Trembles the towering tree Yggdrasil
its leaves sough loudly: unleashed is the etin.


of particular interest are stanza 44 and the first line of stanza 45.

"Brothers will battle to bloody end..." a declaration of mankind waging war on one another in such a way that even families will be divided.

"And sisters sons their sib betray..." this is a reference to the idea that filial relationships will no longer be held in any accord.

"Woes in the world much wantonness..." here shows a complete surrender to greed and selfishness, getting what you want at the expense of others.

[axe-age, sword-age sundered are shields] this shows a time of growth, followed by great wars and the destruction of boundaries between lands.

"wind age-" a time of increased harse weather patterns,
"wolf-age" a preditroy time when one is either the hunter or the hunted
"ere the world crumbles" society finally collapses

"will the spear of no man spare the other" - again the reference to people killing each other randomly.

and the first line in stanza 45:
"Mimir's sons dance; the downfall bodes" this is a reference to weather patterns again, more harsh reains, hurricanes ( when combined with the wind-age mentined above) and general flooding.

This is just a very brief and basic outline on the subject...there is far more but this should serve for now...anyone interested on any further elaboratin on RagnarokR and its comparatives, let me know.

Answer 4

Yes i personally believe that the end is definitely at hand many people don't want to believe this because of the way they choose to live their lives. No-one knows the minute or the hour i commeth but he has left many clues the signs of the time as they are called one thing that we know for sure is that every thing that has a beginning has to have an end.

Answer 5

I find it curious that some are so quick to invalidate the wisdom of the ancients when so much of modern wisdom is built upon the foundations of knowledge left by the ancients. Not only that, but we have yet to understand HOW the ancients did so much of what they did!
- As far as prophecies of world-wide destruction, I fell that the fault lies not in the prophecy but in our own interpretations and calculations. Of course it is approaching, but is it close? No. Not quite yet.

Answer 6

Sorry, but I highly doubt people from a couple thousand years ago could accurately predict when this world is going to end. I don't put much weight in old superstitions.

Answer 7

the place do you think of Zombies come from if its no longer Walmart??? How approximately I basically purchase a team of foodstuff and stay interior the basement? or much extra suitable, how approximately I connect the zombies and then i do no longer could stress approximately the place to pass! Yeah!

Answer 8

the world will end when the world ends, no need to try to predict it or to prepare for it, as it would end regardless, just go on with your life

Answer 9

not going to bother...(RELIGION IS BULL!)