Ásatrú and Ragnarok, Ragnarok is a prophecy and has not yet happened.?

Question

but i was told that there is a past and a present but not a future.

Wyrd is the Lady of the Past.
Verdrand is the Lady of the Present.
and Skuld is the Lady of Necesity, Obligation and Debt.

There is no Future, and many Ásatrúar believe that Prophecy is just an event that 'Might' take place but like that Giantesses Prophecy there is achance it shal not come to pass.

So does this mean that Ragnarok might never come?
that Odin might not Die at the hands (teeth) of Finrir?

Answer 1

Any Ásatrúar who thinks there will be no end is only kidding themselves, it will happen. Even from a purely scientific outlook, the universe will one day die. All good things do come to an end. It's not meant to be bleak, just realistic and I think makes out time here on Earth all the more meaningful.

When the usefulness of this world is done, it's done; wipe the slate clean and start over. Rather than coming up with elaborate excuses for why Ragnarök isn't necessary, just accept it as an integral part of the religion. Just because it's going to occur some time in the indefinite future doesn't mean you should throw up your hands and surrender now. I believe doing one's best even in the face of unavoidable defeat one of the most noble manifestations of courage.

Also, keep in mind that time is a circle or spiral, not a straight line. So it is also with Ragnarök, after which key Gods are reborn at the beginning of the new cycle. I would also like to point out in regards to Odin and Fenrir; Víðarr does not stab Fenrir, but instead rips his jaws apart with a great leather boot. The last element is thought to preserve an older tradition; the motif of the beast who swallows someone whole, only to be ripped apart so that the swallowed one may spring alive from its belly; Little Red Riding Hood is the best known example. Some Asatruars believe that Odin shall come forth again in some form, perhaps embodied in one of his kinsmen.

Answer 2

Ragnarok IS a prophesy. The future exists as it is shaped by the past and the present. The questions of Ragnarok isn't a matter of IF but of when. It is the task that Odin has taken upon himself to hold off the event as long as is possible. BUT...it will take place of that there is NO doubt. Odin WILL be swollowed by the wolf Fenrir, Thor WILL die in his battle with Jormungand and Líf and Lífthrasir will be the two Ásatru survivors after wards who continue our bloodline and the bloodline of the gods on Midgard.

Answer 3

Ragnarok means the top of the international, and it hasn't got here about yet. some religions (like the Hopi community people) that the international has been created and destroyed a minimum of three situations in the previous, so that they could trust it got here about.

Answer 4

Want to try this?

Are the following FACTS?

Qur’an 8:60 “Infidels should not think that they can get away from us. Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them.”
Bukhari:V4B52N260 “The Prophet said, ‘If a Muslim discards his religion, kill him!’”
Qur’an 5:51 “Believers, take not Jews and Christians for your friends.”
Bukhari [4:52:177]: Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him!"

http://www.bibleprobe.com/muhammad.htm...

http://www.prophetofdoom.net

If they're not, then it must mean that both the islamic q'uran and hadeeths are books of FICTION.

Answer 5

I think the gods believe Ragnarok is inevitable. That is why so much of Norse mythology is so bleak.

Answer 6

You seem more informed than I am. I was only aware that Finrir would destroy all. I do love the old stories though.

Answer 7

http://dontgohere.nu/poetic-edda/voluspa.htm