Ragnarök AKA RagnarøkkrΩ
[related: Yggdrasil, Líf and Lífþrasir]
Known within the lexicon of Norse mythology as Twilight of the Gods, Ragnarök is a prophesied series of cataclysmic events that lead to the apocalyptic destruction and subsequent rebirth of the world. Ragnarök is oft catalogued alongside other Great Catastrophes, including The Great Flood and Tower of Babel in Christianity, The Great Serpent in Mayan mythology, and the Kali Yuga in Hindu cosmology[1].Various pop cultural mythologies present variants of the Ragnarök concept, most notably Transformers (see: Death of Optimus Prime), the "Moon Mask" from the Legend of Zelda franchise, Galarian Darmanitan's Zen Mode from Pokémon, and The Time Spiral Block [2] from Magick: The Gathering.
Ragnarök is survived only by a handful of Gods residing in Valhalla and two humans, Líf and Lífþrasir. The pair, sometimes confusingly and somewhat disturbingly portrayed as twin siblings, aggressively repopulate the world after riding out the End Times nestled in the Hoddmímis holt, a wood commonly understood to represent the Yggdrasil [3].
Ωref#[I, Antichrist] :: Thor vs. Ragnarök.
- ↑ The Dharma too speaks of the destruction of the universe, though framing it in non-temporal terms as a necessary and natural ebb and flow of perceived something/nothing out of the Emptiness.
- ↑ A block that introduces the collapse of Dominarian past, present, and future into one chaotic state, triggering the reconstitution of the multiverse. Comparable to hitting "reset" on an NES.
- ↑ The "world tree" around which all else exists.