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The Prose Edda on Surt

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

attestation: Surt flings fire and flame over the world during Ragnarok

"Surt, who flings fire and flame over the world"

attestation: Surt stands on the border of Muspelheim with a flaming sword, and will burn the world at its end

"Surt is the name of him who stands on its border guarding it. He has a flaming sword in his hand, and at the end of the world he will come and harry, conquer all the gods, and burn up the whole world with fire"

attestation: Surt rides first with a sword brighter than the sun, and Bifrost breaks as the sons of Muspel ride over it

"Surt rides first, and before him and after him flames burning fire. He has a very good sword, which shines brighter than the sun. As they ride over Bifrost it breaks to pieces"
attestation: Surt flings fire over the earth and burns up all the world

"Thereupon Surt flings fire over the earth and burns up all the world"

attestation: Surt means 'the swarthy or black one'; he is a giant, not the eternal unknown god of Muspelheim

"SURT means the swarthy or black one. Many have regarded him as the unknown (dark) god, but this is probably an error. But there was some one in Muspelheim who sent the heat, and gave life to the frozen drops of rime. The latter, and not Surt, who is a giant, is the eternal god, the mighty one, whom the skald in the Lay of Hyndla dare not name."