The News lately has been kind of grim. Between floods in Manitoba and Quebec, wild fires in Alberta, earth quakes in Italy and draughts in Germany things are looking sad. My heart goes out to all those effected. I hear that there is a christian group in the States that is telling every one to get ready because the 'Rapture' is going to Happen, and not just happen sometime, but happen this Saturday May the 21st. Followed by months of tribulations and the world will end in October. -Oh poop!
Well looking into it - people have been predicting the end times regularly since the year 53.
The Norse of course had a different take on how the world would end. They called it Ragnarok or the destiny of the gods. This is the final battle between the gods and the giants and it would mean the end of the world and indeed the cosmos.
The Norse believed that Giants in Wolves clothing (Skoll and Hati) would devour the Sun and the moon, plunging the earth into darkness. The world serpent would writhe creating great waves. This frees a ghoulish ship called Nagelfar, made out of the finger and toe nails of the dead (bet you wont see that in the "Thor" movie...) Brothers would turn on brothers and all would be chaos. They predicted that the earth would quake helping the wolf Fenris (Fenrir) to break his chain and join the fight, eventually to devour Odin the all father the head of the Norse Pantheon.
The Norse believed that the fates or Norns measured out the length of a mans life, and that all things must end. In the end this battle would consume all the gods and giants leaving nothing but the new born daughter of the sun. It was this new sun that would be the start of the life again.
Up lifting stuff right?
If you would like to learn more about Norse mythology, there are some great books you could find at your local library. You could stop in at the museum and learn more about the Norse.
We are presently planning an exhibit on the end of the world for next year to coincide with the end of the Mayan Calender. It will focus on a variety of movements including the Millerights who had a lot of following in the Bowmanville area. They predicted the end of the world in the 1840's.
Be sure to look for it then... assuming we are still here.
thanks for reading.
D.
Well looking into it - people have been predicting the end times regularly since the year 53.
The Norse of course had a different take on how the world would end. They called it Ragnarok or the destiny of the gods. This is the final battle between the gods and the giants and it would mean the end of the world and indeed the cosmos.
The Norse believed that Giants in Wolves clothing (Skoll and Hati) would devour the Sun and the moon, plunging the earth into darkness. The world serpent would writhe creating great waves. This frees a ghoulish ship called Nagelfar, made out of the finger and toe nails of the dead (bet you wont see that in the "Thor" movie...) Brothers would turn on brothers and all would be chaos. They predicted that the earth would quake helping the wolf Fenris (Fenrir) to break his chain and join the fight, eventually to devour Odin the all father the head of the Norse Pantheon.
The Norse believed that the fates or Norns measured out the length of a mans life, and that all things must end. In the end this battle would consume all the gods and giants leaving nothing but the new born daughter of the sun. It was this new sun that would be the start of the life again.
Up lifting stuff right?
If you would like to learn more about Norse mythology, there are some great books you could find at your local library. You could stop in at the museum and learn more about the Norse.
We are presently planning an exhibit on the end of the world for next year to coincide with the end of the Mayan Calender. It will focus on a variety of movements including the Millerights who had a lot of following in the Bowmanville area. They predicted the end of the world in the 1840's.
Be sure to look for it then... assuming we are still here.
thanks for reading.
D.
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