Norse Mythology: The Unofficial Guide

Episode 23 - It's the End of the World As We Know It

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The moment has finally arrived! The doom of the gods (or is it, fate of the gods? ...or twilight of the gods?) is upon us! Listen as your dedicated host tirelessly strings together a narrative crafted from The Prose Edda, Völuspá, Vafþrúðnismál, Grímnismál, and Fáfnismál to finally present a full picture of Ragnarök. But what does Ragnarök really mean? Has it already happened? Are the dead gods really dead? Will there be another Ragnarök in the future? All this and more in today's episode and more to come in the future. 

Sources:

  • “Dictionary of Northern Mythology” by Rudolf Simek, 2007
  • “Fimbulvintern, Ragnarök och klimatkrisen år 536–537” by Bo Gräslund, 2007
  • “Sacred Tree and Holy Grove” by Joseph S. Hopkins, 2020, on mimisbrunnr.info
  • “The mythic theme of the great winter in ancient Iranian traditions” by Anders Hultgard, 2002
  • “The Poetic Edda”, transl. by Carolyne Larrington, 2014
  • “The Prose Edda”, transl. by Anthony Faulkes, 1995

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      Celebration by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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