Ragnarök [the End of the World]
Posted by feww on April 18, 2010
The sun turns dark
Earth sinks in the sea, the fair, bright stars disappear from the heavens
Ragnarök
The sun turns dark,
earth sinks in the sea,
the fair, bright stars
disappear from the heavens.
Sizzling blaze
around the tree of life
colossal heat plays with
the heavens. —Völuspá
The above stanzas were quoted from the famous Nordic poem Völuspá in the Iceland Review. Völuspá, Prophecy of the Völva, tells the story of creation of the world and how it comes to its end, and is arguably the most important source for understanding the Norse mythology.
Yggdrasil, a modern representation of the world tree which is central to Norse mythology. The world tree is a motif that appears in some Indo-European religions and mythologies. It is represented as a giant tree that supports the heavens, connects it to the earth, and the underground through its roots.
“It was like the sun had gone out in the middle of the day.”
Iceland Review editor Bjarni Brynjólfsson and photographer Páll Stefánsson wondered how it was to drive through the area affected by the eruption: “We tried driving into the darkness and it was like we had stepped into another dimension. We felt it was the end of the world as described in Völuspá, the old Icelandic Poem the tells the story of the end of the world called Ragnarök or Götterdämmerung in the famous opera by Wagner.” More …
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The rascals coiled their tails and ran for the coast. Nearby roads covered in a thick blanket of volcanic ash. Credit: Ómar Óskarsson via MBL-Is. Image may be subject to copyright.
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Jack said
Boy…. the stuff has started to hit the fan! It’s all going to hell.
What happened to the El Nino? Where did it go?
[It has switched to La Niña. Moderator]
feww said
Detailed information on El Nino together with links to regular updates are posted at
https://feww.wordpress.com/el-nino/
El Niño (Southern Oscillation, ENSO) and La Niña phenomenon are sustained sea surface temperature anomalies of greater than 0.5°C, which occur naturally in 2-7 year cycles of the ocean-atmosphere system in the central tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean with important consequences for global weather. El Niño is associated with warmer than usual ocean temperatures; La Niña is associated with unusually cold ocean temperatures.
Jack said
I tell you what, I’ll keep my mouth shut and smile and nod…. and cry for what we have lost.
May Odin hold tight the fetters that bind Loki, keeping us safe for another year.
feww said
Jack,
Despite what the disinformation forces are trying to do, shrinkwrapping the world’s looming collapse in a clumsy tissue of science fiction, so as to discredit legit concerns, or at least distract from the real issues, we would be happy to discuss the issues one at a time.
Based on our editorial policy, which is clearly stated elsewhere on the blog, we’ll prevent any attempt by the “planet x nibiru” people from hijacking the blog. And that entails editing nonsensical chatter.
See: http://www.2012hoax.org/
Is the world collapsing as a result of human activity?
– We believe so.
Who’s destroying the world, humans or “unknown forces?”
– Take a look at the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, and figure out for yourself.
If you are interested in a serious discussion, see:
http://edro.wordpress.com/energy-dinosaurs/
http://edro.wordpress.com/human-impact/
http://edro.wordpress.com/collapsing-cities/
https://feww.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/google-civilization-collapsing-from-disinformation/
https://feww.wordpress.com/2010-disasters/
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