Ragnarok Prophecies

All the events detailed below will come to pass. See the Style Guide for more information.

• Midgard suffers 3 winters without a summer.
• The people of Midgard fall into discord and strife.
• Three Roosters crow to announce the beginning of Ragnarok:
  • Fjalar crows in the forests of Jotunheim.
  • Gullinkambi crows from atop Valhalla.
  • Víðópnir crows in the halls of Hel.
• Jormungand writhes furiously drowning the lands of Midgard beneath the waves.
• The earth quakes. Every bond shatters which frees Fenrir.
• Heimdall blows the Gjallarhorn calling Asgard to war.

• Surt rides forth with a blazing sword leading a host from Muspellheim.
• Sinmara¹⁾ follows in his wake with the army of Niflheim, freezing the ground and ensuring nothing will grow back.
• The children of Fenrir, the wolves Skoll and Hati, swallow the sun and the moon.
• Loki and his brother Byleistr lead the armies of Helheim into battle as they arrive on the ship Naglfar.
• Tyr faces Sinmara and she is cut down by the giantess, to be swallowed by the helhound Garm.
• Thor kills Jormungand, then dies from the World Serpent's poison.
• Loki and Heimdall kill each other.
• The valkyrie Kára and Thrud²⁾ chase down and fight Skoll and Hati.
• Fenrir swallows Odin.
• Vidar ³⁾ rips open Fenrir's jaws.
• Freyja leads the dead of Folkvangr and routs the army of Muspellheim.
• Hermod ⁴⁾ will be slain by Hel.
• Baldur returns from Helheim to reconcile with his brother Hodr.
• Surt kills Freyja and Freyr.
• Surt's fires burn the nine worlds.
• Frigg strives to defend Asgard from its enemies and dies upon her throne.
• The leader of the Jotnar will be crushed to death as Jotunheim burns.

• A new abundant world rises from sea.
• Some gods survive or are reborn.
• A mortal woman 'Lif' and her lover have survived hiding in 'Hoddmimir's Holt'⁵⁾. Their progeny will repopulate the world.
• Gods and man live together.