Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-22
End of the
UniDerSe

How IL VIII Come According to the
NorscIand Myth.
One OF the most striking of the Morse.
land myths is that In which Is pictured
the end of the universe. when all the
gods of Asgard and Niinehcim ana the
inhabitants of Jotunheim and Mldgard,
together with their Lab.tatiols would
be destroyed. That this catastrophe
would come TO all the visible creation
they firmly believed. FOR their minught
minds could not conceive of immor
tallty.
And this is how they pictured the
fearful time: Three winters would
come upon the earth. one after another
without the tcmpe.ing influence of II
single summer Snow would fall from
every quarter of the heavens. wild
storms would sweep over the earth.
with tempestuous winds that nothing
could withstand. and the sun would
lose its heat
Three other winters would succeed
the first three, during which red vis
aged war would stalk over the uni
verse, leaving blood and death I'm It's
ruthless track. Then the earth would
begin To tremble i'm uncomfortable fear
the sea would rush from its bed. the
heavens would be rent, aud the eagles
of the air would feast upon the still
quivcring flesh of multitudes of men
slain without warning.
Ferris, the wolf monster would
throw off his bonds; the Midgard ser.
pcnt, whose gigantic form encircled the
world, would rise from its lair, and
Loki, the evil genius OF the universe
would desert the gods and go back
among their enemies. Surtur would
lead his followers t. the Bifrost bridge
devouring flames before and behind
them, and, having destroyed II in
their passage. they would join Lobl
md the frost giants on the battlefield
of Vigrid. where Ferris the Midgard
serpent and the hosts of Hcla had al.
ready assembled.
Meanwhile Hemdall. the watchman
Of Asgard, the abode of the gods. would
sound the alarm with the Giallar horn
summoning the celestial, cohorts 10 Tie
field. Odin. clad I'm all the splendor
OF his supreme Office, wOuld lead forth
the gods IN martial array. Fcnrls.
pressing forward would throw him
self upon Odin with Il fiorccncss that
the deity could not withstand and the
All Father would fall. pierced with a
thousand wounds from the monsters
fangs
Then Vldar, the son OF Odin. would
fall like a thundcrbolt upon the blood
reeking wolf and avenge his celestial
fathers death. Thor. the all powerful.
would Stay. with his great hammer.
the Midgard serpent but even as the
monster gave up it's life its venomous
breath would wrenk vengeance upon
the slayer, ana Thor would sink down.
suffocated 20 death
Meanwhile Lokl and Uelmdnll have
been seeking each other. and having
met. they would fight with the fury of
demons until both were slain. Thus
all over the bloody field gods ana
giants. good spirits and evil. would
meet and STAY each other. and when
the dreadful carnage was ended Sur.
tur would send his fiery flames abroad.
and the universe would be- burned
The sun would lose rs light the
earth would disappear, the stars woulG
fall from heaven, and time would be
no more!
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