Ragnarok: Odin's Doom
(Wind Ensemble)
Ragnarok ("Doom of the Gods"), also called Gotterdammerung (often acossiated with Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen), means the end of the cosmos in Norse mythology. Conflicts and feuds will break out, even between families, and all morality will disappear.
This is the beginning of the end.
The wolf, Skoll, will finally devour the sun, and his brother, Hati, will eat the moon, plunging the earth into darkness. The stars will vanish from the sky. The rooster, Fjalar, will crow to the giants and the golden rooster, Gullinkambi, will crow to the gods.
The earth will shudder with earthquakes, and every bond and fetter will burst, freeing the terrible wolf Fenrir. The sea will rear up because Jormungand, the Midgard Serpent, is twisting and writhing in fury as he makes his way toward the land. The waves caused by the serpent's emerging will set free the ship Naglfar, and with the giant Hymir as their commander, the giants will sail towards the battlefield. From the realm of the dead a second ship will set sail, and this ship carries the inhabitants of hell, with Loki as their helmsman.
Meanwhile, Heimdall will sound his horn, calling the sons of Odin and the heroes to the battlefield. From all the corners of the world, gods, giants, dwarves, demons and elves will ride towards the huge plain of Vigrid ("battle shaker") where the last battle will be fought. Odin will engage Fenrir in battle, and Thor will attack Jormungand. Thor will victorious, but the serpent's poison will gradually kill the god of thunder. Loki and Heimdall, age-old enemies, will meet for a final time, and neither will survive their encounter. The fight between Odin and Fenrir will rage for a long time, but finally Fenrir will seize Odin and swallow him. Odin's son Vidar will at once leap towards the wolf and kill him with his bare hands, ripping the wolf's jaws apart.
Surt, the fire giant king, will fling flames in every direction. The nine worlds will burn, and friends and foes alike will perish. The earth will sink into the sea. After the destruction, a new and idyllic world will arise from the sea and will be filled with abundant supplies. Some of the gods will survive, others will be reborn. Wickedness and misery will no longer exist and gods and men will live happily together. The descendants of Lif and Lifthrasir will inhabit and repopulate this new earth.
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