Ragnarok

Also Rag·na·rök

[rahg-nuh-rok]

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.

Ragnarök

/ ˈrɑːɡnəˌrɒk /

noun

1. German equivalent: Götterdämmerung. Norse myth the ultimate destruction of the gods in a cataclysmic battle with evil, out of which a new order will arise

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ragnarök¹

1760–70; from Old Norse Ragnarǫk, equivalent to ragna, genitive of regin “gods” + rǫk “fate,” misread by some as Ragnarökkr literally, “twilight of the gods”; Götterdämmerung ( def. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ragnarök¹

Old Norse ragnarökkr , from regin the gods + rökkr twilight