The Prose Edda on Ragnarok

The Younger Edda: > Snorre'S Edda, Or The Prose Edda. > Preface.

• attestation: After Ragnarok, the earth rises green again from the sea in a renewal of the world

  "The earth, completely green, rises again from the sea"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xvi. > Ragnarok.

• attestation: Ragnarok is preceded by the Fimbul-winter: three successive winters without summer, with extreme frost and snow

  "First, there is a winter called the Fimbul-winter, when snow drives from all quarters, the frosts are so severe, the winds so keen and piercing, that there is no joy in the sun. There are three such winters in succession, without any intervening summer"

• attestation: Before the Fimbul-winter, three winters of great wars rage where brothers slay each other for gain

  "before these there are three other winters, during which great wars rage over all the world. Brothers slay each other for the sake of gain"

• attestation: A wolf devours the sun, and another wolf devours the moon

  "the wolf[64] devours the sun, and this will seem a great loss. The other wolf will devour the moon, and this too will cause great mischief"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > To Brage'S Talk.

• comparison: Ragnarok is euhemerized as the wars of the Trojans

  "As for the long tale that they tell of Ragnarok, that is the wars of the Trojans"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter X.

• attestation: Notes on Ragnarok and the renewal of the world after its destruction

  "This myth about Frey and Gerd is the subject of one of the most fascinating poem"