Ragnarok

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Rag·na·rok

R5024650 (räg′nə-rŏk′)n. In Norse mythology, the apocalyptic battle that the gods will fight against the giants before the world perishes in flame and is created anew.

[Old Icelandic Ragnarökkr, Ragnarök : ragna, genitive pl. of regin, the gods (pl.) + rökr, rökkr, twilight or rök, reason, origin, marvel (perhaps originally "twilight of the dawn, rebirth" ); both akin to Old Icelandic rökva, rökkva, to grow dark, and Greek Erebos, Erebus.]

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n (Norse Myth & Legend) Norse myth the ultimate destruction of the gods in a cataclysmic battle with evil, out of which a new order will arise. German equivalent: Götterdämmerung [Old Norse ragnarökkr, from regin the gods + rökkr twilight]

Rag•na•rok

(ˈrɑg nəˌrɒk)

n. (in Norse myth) the destruction of the gods and of humankind in a final battle between the Aesir and their enemies. [1760–70; < Old Norse Ragnarǫk=ragna, genitive of regin gods + rǫk fate, misread by some as Ragnarökkr literally, twilight of the gods]

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Ragnarok - myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evilGotterdammerung, Twilight of the Godsmyth - a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people

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Ragnarok

(räg`nərŏk'), in Norse mythology, the doom of the gods. According to prophecy the end of the world would follow a severe ice age, in which human civilization would be destroyed. Then the gods of Asgard, led by Odin, would clash with the devastating forces of evil and chaos, led by Loki and the giants. After a fierce battle the universe itself would be destroyed by fire and a new golden age would appear, ruled by the surviving gods, including Balder. See Germanic religionGermanic religion,
pre-Christian religious practices among the tribes of Western Europe, Germany, and Scandinavia. The main sources for our knowledge are the Germania of Tacitus and the Elder Edda and the Younger Edda.
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destruction of gods and all things in final battle with evil. [Norse Myth.: NCE, 1762]See: Destruction

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noun myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil

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