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Ancient Trumpet In York Blows Marking 100 Days Til Norse Apocalypse Ragnarok
- Legend has it that on this day, the god Odin will be killed by the wolf Fenrir
- The soil and the sky will be stained with poison and the sea will rear up
- Prior to the apocalypse, three freezing winters would follow each other
- The sound of the horn is supposed to call the sons of Odin to the battlefield, where Odin will ultimately be killed
- strangely George Washington’s birthday is on February 22. Coincidence?
If Vikings were here today, the sounding of a distinctive horn in York would have created chaos.The ancient instrument, blown last night, signalled exactly 100 days until the end of the world, according to Norse mythology.Legend has it that the Norse God, Heimdallr, would blow the mythical Gjallerhorn to warn of the Viking apocalypse, also known as ‘Ragnarok’.
Ragnarok, which translates to ‘Doom of the Gods’, is due to be preceded by the winter of winters.Vikings believed, prior to the apocalypse, three freezing winters would follow each other with no summers in between. All morality would disappear and fights would break out all over the world, signalling the beginning of the end. The wolf Skoll would devour the sun, and his brother Hati would eat the moon, causing stars to vanish from the sky and the Earth to be thrown into eternal darkness(3 days of darkness perhaps). Norse mythology experts have calculated that Vikings believed this will take place on February 22, 2014.On this day, the god Odin will be killed by the wolf Fenrir and the other ‘creator’ gods.
HE RAGNAROK APOCALYPSE
Ragnarok, which translates to ‘Doom of the Gods’, is due to be preceded by the ‘winter of winters’.Vikings believed that prior to the apocalypse three freezing winters would follow each other with no summers in between. All morality would disappear and fights would break out all over the world, signalling the beginning of the end. The wolf Skoll would then devour the sun, and his brother Hati would eat the moon, causing stars to vanish from the sky.Norse mythology experts have calculated that this is due to take place on February 22, 2014.
On this day, the god Odin will be killed by the wolf Fenrir and the other ‘creator’ gods.There will be huge earthquakes, the sea will rear up and the soil and the sky will be stained with poison. The Earth will sink into the sea, paving the way for a new utopian world with endless supplies.There will be huge earthquakes, the sea will rear up and the soil and the sky will be stained with poison.
The sound of the horn is supposed to call the sons of Odin to the battlefield, where Odin will ultimately be killed.After his death, the Earth was foretold to sink into the sea, paving the way for a new utopian world with endless supplies. Danielle Daglan from the Norvik Viking Centre told MailOnline that a number of recent events spoken about in the legends of Ragnarok led them to believe that the end of the world may well be imminent.
The legend states that ‘the first to notice shall be man, brother will fight brother and all the boundaries that exist shall crumble.’‘The idea that “boundaries that exist shall crumble” could be said to be about the Internet age, where you can communicate with millions of people simultaneously around the world thanks to the global rise of social media,’ said Ms Daglan.Viking tradition also believes that a vast winter will appear before the apocalypse.
WHY DOES THE JORVIK VIKING CENTRE BELIEVE RAGNAROK IS IMMINENT?
Danielle Daglan from the Norvik Viking Centre told MailOnline that a number of recent events spoken about in the legends of Ragnarok led them to believe that the end of the world may well be imminent.For instance, the legend states that ‘the first to notice shall be man, brother will fight brother and all the boundaries that exist shall crumble.’
‘The idea that “boundaries that exist shall crumble” could be said to be about the Internet age, where you can communicate with millions of people simultaneously around the world thanks to the global rise of social media,’ said Ms Daglan.Viking tradition also believes that a vast winter will appear before the apocalypse.
‘There are predictions that we are heading into a mini-ice age thanks to a fall in solar flare activity – what is a mini-ice age but several winters rolled into one?’ said Ms Daglan.Another part of the legend suggests that the Midgard Serpent, named Jormungand, shall free itself from its tail and rise up from the ocean.
Ms Dagland points to the two huge fish which appeared on a beach in California last month.The giant oarfish were dead when they washed up on land, and some scientists believe they came ashore to die because they are ‘in distress’.‘Traditionally, the Viking festival of Jolablot marked the end of the winter – if this winter truly does not end, then that feast may be given over to Ragnarok instead,’ said Ms Dagland.
The Jorvik Viking Centre predicted that Ragnarok would occur on 22 February because this is the end of the feast of Jolablot. While not a scientific conclusion, they claim that Vikings loved to feast and wouldn’t want to miss this event. For this reason, they argue that Vikings would believe the world would end in 100 days.
