The destruction at Ragnarok. Snorri quotes this stanza in the Prose Edda, which is part of why its text is comparatively secure. Two stanzas later the seeress sees a new earth rise, so the poem does not end here.
Facts
Passage
TextThe sun turns black, | earth sinks in the sea, The hot stars down | from heaven are whirled; Fierce grows the steam | and the life-feeding flame, Till fire leaps high | about heaven itself. 1 Reference SchemeCollection, Book, Section 1 Translation
TranslationThe Poetic Edda (Voluspo and other lays) 1 Connections
Concerns
Fenrir is loosed in the stanzas around this one.
Passage Of
Source The Poetic EddaAnonymous (Codex Regius)
Sources
1. The Poetic Edda
Anonymous (Codex Regius), The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1923Voluspo 57 (Bellows)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.