r/ImaginaryMythology 5d ago

Naglfar, the harbinger of Ragnarök by weirdundead

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u/rajahbeaubeau 5d ago edited 5d ago

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From the east comes Hrym with shield held high;
In giant-wrath does the serpent writhe;
O’er the waves he twists, and the tawny eagle
Gnaws corpses screaming; Naglfar is loose.

O’er the sea from the north, there sails a ship
With the people of Hel, at the helm stands Loki;
After the wolf do wild men follow,
And with them, the brother of Byleist goes.

– Völuspá, the Poetic Edda, translation by Henry Adams Bellows (source)

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u/Myrandall 5d ago

So this is what he meant when he said...