Ragnarök
Not applicable: Ragnarök is an event, not a being
Ragnarök in Norse tradition
A three-year winter began, followed by wars, social collapse, earthquakes, and the fall of trees and mountains. The wolves Sköll and Hati swallowed the sun and moon. Yggdrasil shook, Bifröst collapsed, and the land sank beneath the sea. Ragnarök ended the world and brought doom to the gods.
The final battle took place on the field of Vigridr. The gods fought alongside the einherjar against the giants, monsters, and other powers of the underworld. Loki and Fenrir broke free, Naglfar carried the dead to the battle, and Surtr led the sons of Muspell. The gods and their opponents killed one another. Surtr then set fire to all the realms.
The quick answers
What is Ragnarök?
Ragnarök is a Norse being.
Ragnarök, and where the myths place it
Appears in
The myths across MythSource where Ragnarök features, each on that figure’s page.
- Fenrir at Ragnarök · on Fenrir
- Fenrir Catches the Sun · on Fenrir
- Fenrir Is Bound by Gleipnir · on Fenrir
- Óðr’s Disappearance · on Freyja
- Freyr Fights Surtr · on Freyr
- Frigg Sends Hermóðr to Recover Baldr · on Frigg
- Garmr’s Howl at Ragnarök · on Garmr
- Heimdall Sounds the Gjallarhorn · on Heimdall
- The Birth of Heimdall · on Heimdall
- Hel’s Bargain for Baldr · on Hel
- Jörmungandr Encircles Midgard · on Jörmungandr
- The Birth and Casting of Jörmungandr · on Jörmungandr
- Fenrir at Ragnarök · on Jötnar
- Hel's Dominion · on Jötnar
- Jörmungandr's Last Battle · on Jötnar
- Loki and Angrboða's Children · on Jötnar
- The Binding of Fenrir · on Jötnar
- Thor Catches Jörmungandr · on Jötnar
- Loki Breaks Free at Ragnarök · on Loki
- The Birth and Appointment of Máni · on Máni
- Níðhöggr Flies from Niðafjöll · on Níðhöggr
- The eye and the head · on Odin
- The lord of the slain, who betrays · on Odin
- Sköll Chases the Sun · on Sköll
- Sköll Swallows the Sun at Ragnarök · on Sköll
- Sól and Máni Are Set in the Sky · on Sól
- Sól’s Last Ride and Her Daughter’s Succession · on Sól
- Surtr at Ragnarök · on Surtr
- Thor Fishes for the Midgard Serpent · on Thor
- Thor’s Last Battle with Jörmungandr · on Thor
- Váli’s Birth and Vengeance for Baldr · on Váli
- Víðarr Avenges Odin · on Víðarr
- Víðarr in the Renewed World · on Víðarr
12 works catalogued
This is the candidate catalogue for Ragnarök: candidate reworks first, then references, then names used as atmosphere. Nothing here has been checked against a source yet. Only reviewed myth-to-work links are promoted in Overview.
Showing 12 of 12 works.
Film1
- Thor: RagnarokRework
Television2
- RagnarokRework
- Twilight of the GodsRework
Game8
- God of War RagnarökRework
- FimbulRework
- Final Stand: RagnarokRework
- God of War Ragnarök: ValhallaRework
- Gods of the TwilightRework
- Titan Quest: RagnarökRework
- Waters of RagnarokRework
- Ragnarok TacticsName only
Music1
- La Polenta TaragnarockName only
These are catalogue candidates, not proof that every work retells this figure. Reviewed myth-to-work links appear in Overview.
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About this page
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2 sources are cited on this page, primary texts and corpus scholarship, listed below.
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MythSource. (n.d.). Ragnarök. https://www.mythsource.com/figures/ragnarok
"Ragnarök." MythSource, n.d., www.mythsource.com/figures/ragnarok.
"Ragnarök." MythSource. n.d. https://www.mythsource.com/figures/ragnarok.
The mythology summaries and identity fields on this page are grounded in the primary texts and scholarship above. The appearance table records candidates separately; only reviewed joins are presented as modern reworks in Overview.
The film
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