In Norse mythology, "Ragnarok" is a series of apocalyptic events that will define the
end of the world, where the giants of ice and fire will unite to fight the gods in a
final battle that will eventually destroy the planet, which will sink underwater.
According to the legend, the world will reappear, the surviving gods will meet, and the world
will be repopulated by two human survivors.
"The brothers will fight and kill each other, the sisters' children will defile the kinship.
No man will have pity on another."
Norse mythology is divided into two major groups of gods.
Aesir and Vanir.
The giants came before them and lived in Jötunheimr, one of the nine worlds of Nordic cosmology.
They were banished there by Aesir, who denied them entry into their world, Asgard.
In ancient Norse tales, the Giants frequently interact with Aesir and Vanir, but they are
usually in opposition or in competition with them.
Loki is the son of a giant and is known as a god.
Its role in Norse mythology is unique and controversial, as it seems to help the gods
but also to hinder them.
He was allowed to live with Aesir in Asgard.
Loki had many children, including an eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, used by Odin, a dragon, and
the wolf Fenrir, who plays a significant role in the apocalyptic Ragnarök.
According to the story, Loki tricked the blind god of winter, Hod, an action that led to
the death of the god Balder, the son of the goddess Frigg and the god Odin.
For this reason, he was punished and thrown on a rock where he would remain tied until
Ragnarok, the end of the world, came.
The Ragnarok establishes a series of signs that will eventually define the end of time.
The first sign is Fimbulvetr, a long and cold winter, with constant snow, which will last
a year.
A red rooster named Fjalar will warn the Giants that the Ragnarok has begun.
A second rooster will warn all the dead that the beginning of the end of the world has
started.
Finally, a third red rooster, named Gullinkambi, a rooster that lives in Valhalla, a majestic
hall in Asgard, will warn all the gods of the beginning of the end.
The god Heimdall will use his trumpet to sing a specific tone that will be heard in Valhalla,
and this will bring the dead back to life and they will march to the realm called Vigrid,
where the final battle will take place.
The seas will be torn apart, and the Serpent of the World, named Jormungand, a serpent
so large that it surrounds the earth and catches its tail, will rise from the depths of the
oceans to join the battle.
The gods Balder and Hod will return from the dead to fight in this final battle.
Loki and his horde, as well as the Frost Giants, will sail to Vigrid to fight Aesir on a ship
made of dead man's nails, like a ghost ship.
All monsters and giants, such as the giant of flame, Surtr, the wolf Fenrir, and the
leader of the giants, Hrym, will create a powerful army against the gods.
The result of the war will be that Thor and Odin and most of the gods will die and the
dragons will release the fire that will destroy all life on Earth.
But that's not the end.
Things will start again with a new race; a new world will emerge from the depths of the
seas.
The first two mortals, a woman, and a man, will be named Lif and Lifthrasir, and will
repopulate the Earth.
The gods Vali and Vidar, as well as the sons of Thor and Hoenir, who survive the battle,
will go to Idavoll, which will not be destroyed in Ragnarok.
The gods Balder and Hod will come back to life and a new era will begin.
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