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In the Völuspá from the ''{{Wiki|Poetic Edda}}'', references to Ragnarök begin from stanza 40 until 58, with the rest of the poem describing the aftermath. In the poem, a {{Wiki|Seeress (Germanic)|völva}} recites information to Odin.<ref name="Wiki"/> | In the Völuspá from the ''{{Wiki|Poetic Edda}}'', references to Ragnarök begin from stanza 40 until 58, with the rest of the poem describing the aftermath. In the poem, a {{Wiki|Seeress (Germanic)|völva}} recites information to Odin.<ref name="Wiki"/> | ||
The völva then describes three roosters crowing: In stanza 42, the ''[[jötunn]]'' herdsman {{Wiki|Eggþér}} sits on a mound and cheerfully plays his harp while the crimson rooster {{Wiki|Fjalar}} crows in the forest {{Wiki|Gálgviðr}}. The golden rooster Gullinkambi crows to the Æsir in Valhalla, and the third, unnamed soot-red rooster crows in the halls of the underworld location of [[Helheim]] in stanza 43.<ref name="Wiki"/> | The völva then describes three roosters crowing: In stanza 42, the ''[[jötunn]]'' herdsman {{Wiki|Eggþér}} sits on a mound and cheerfully plays his harp while the crimson rooster {{Wiki|Fjalar (rooster)|Fjalar}} crows in the forest {{Wiki|Gálgviðr}}. The golden rooster Gullinkambi crows to the Æsir in Valhalla, and the third, unnamed soot-red rooster crows in the halls of the underworld location of [[Helheim]] in stanza 43.<ref name="Wiki"/> | ||
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- "It's a common mythology around the world. First a cataclysmic event occurs. It could be a great flood. It could be fire. But it wipes the slate clean, and, afterward, the survivors are left with a purified new world. That's a part of Ragnarök people sometimes forget. The cycle starts over."
- ―Sebastian Monroe, c.2016[src]
Ragnarök, also known as the Twilight of the Gods,[1] is a cataclysmic cycle that destroys the world so it can be started anew.
For the Norse, Ragnarök represented an approaching ultimate battle that results in the death of many of their gods, including Odin and Thor, as well as the "rebirth" of the world through submersion into water.
History
There were those among the Isu who predicted that the Great Catastrophe (c.75,000 BCE) was the culmination of Ragnarök for their species. When Fenrir's birth was seen as a key part of making the cataclysm a certainty, his father Loki smuggled the boy into Æsir lands to escape those who would see the death of Fenrir as the way to avert their fate. However, the Nornir had warned the Æsir leader Odin of Fenrir's role in his own death at the onset of Ragnarök and, while he kept his blood bond with Loki not to harm the man's child, Loki's inability to trust him and their respective machinations helped ensure that the Great Disaster came to pass.[2]
When the human Desmond Miles averted the 2012 CE Second Disaster,[3] former Templar agent and Instrument of the First Will Isaiah saw it as an attempt to circumvent the end of the next Ragnarök cycle and tried to use the Trident of Eden to bring about the world's destruction so he could position himself as ruler of what came after. His plot was undone with help from Minerva around 2016 during the Ascendance Event.[4]
Mythology
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of future events, including a great battle, foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major gods—Týr, Freyr, Heimdall, and Loki also among the casualties—the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors, Lif and Lifthrasir. Ragnarök is an important event in Norse mythology and has been the subject of scholarly discourse and theory throughout the history of Germanic studies.[1]
In the Völuspá from the Poetic Edda, references to Ragnarök begin from stanza 40 until 58, with the rest of the poem describing the aftermath. In the poem, a völva recites information to Odin.[1]
The völva then describes three roosters crowing: In stanza 42, the jötunn herdsman Eggþér sits on a mound and cheerfully plays his harp while the crimson rooster Fjalar crows in the forest Gálgviðr. The golden rooster Gullinkambi crows to the Æsir in Valhalla, and the third, unnamed soot-red rooster crows in the halls of the underworld location of Helheim in stanza 43.[1]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (mentioned only)
- The Way of the Berserker (indirect mention only)
- Wrath of the Druids (indirect mention only)
- Dawn of Ragnarök (first appearance)
- Discovery Tour: Viking Age (painting only)
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