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title: The Battle of Ragnarök
description: "The Battle of Ragnarök: the end of times in the Norse tradition."
author:
  name: Graciela Paula Caldeiro
  url: http://graciela-caldeiro.idoneos.com
canonical: https://mitologiaescandinava.idoneos.com/en/312187/
source: en/312187/index.md
---

<h2 id="la-batalla-de-ragnarok">The Battle of Ragnarök</h2>

The Battle of Ragnarök, sometimes called "The Twilight of the Gods", is the final cataclysm destined to destroy the world and the gods.

After terrible winters, a universal war will break out and the god Loki and his son Fenrir the wolf will break free from their bonds.

Loki will sail with the army of the dead to the final battle, in which Fenrir will swallow the sun and slay Odin; Thor will slay the World Serpent, but will die from its venom; all the gods will perish.

Finally, Surtr, guardian of the fires of Muspell since the beginning of time, will release them and they will destroy the world with their flames. After the destruction of this world, a new one will arise. Only Odin's sons, Víðarr and Váli, Thor's sons Móði and Magni, and the gods Baldr and Höðr will return to life. They will sit upon the new earth and speak of the world that has passed; in the grass they will find the golden chess pieces of the gods. Two humans, Líf and Lífþrasir, will manage to save themselves among the branches of the World Tree and will repopulate the earth.