File:The End of the World -- Ragnarok as told by Snorri Sturluson -- 13th century Norse Source

"...and at the end of world he shall go forth and harry, and overcome all the gods, and burn all the world with fire..."

Here we have the 13th century lawspeaker and historian Snorri Sturluson's description of the Norse end of the world - Ragnarok ('twilight of the gods') - and the final fate of Odin, Thor and all the gods of Norse mythology.

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