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Norse • Viking Age (~950-1200 CE)

Ragnarök: The Twilight of the Gods

"The Doom of the Aesir and the Rebirth of Yggdrasil"

Curated by Myth Quora Editorial Board•Comparative Classical Saga•Verified Primary Sources
Tone: sorrowful

I. The Fimbulwinter and the Howling Horn

First comes the Fimbulwinter: three winters without an intervening summer, where snow drives from all quarters, biting winds whistle, and the sun offers no comfort. Brothers slay brothers for greed; oaths are snapped like dry twigs. On the high ramparts of Asgard, Heimdall raises the ancient horn Gjallarhorn and blows a blast that echoes throughout all nine realms of Yggdrasil.

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