Which norse god survived ragnarok

And its captain will be none other than Loki , the traitor to the gods, who will have broken free of the chains in which the gods have bound him.

Fenrir, with fire blazing from his eyes and nostrils, will run across the earth, with his lower jaw on the ground and his upper jaw against the top of the sky, devouring everything in his path. Jormungand will spit his venom over all the world, poisoning land, water, and air alike. The dome of the sky will be split, and from the crack shall emerge the fire-giants from Muspelheim. Their leader shall be Surt , with a flaming sword brighter than the sun in his hand.

As they march across Bifrost , the rainbow bridge to Asgard , the home of the gods, the bridge will break and fall behind them. An ominous horn blast will ring out; this will be Heimdall , the divine sentry, blowing the Gjallarhorn to announce the arrival of the moment the gods have feared. Odin will anxiously consult the head of Mimir , the wisest of all beings, for counsel. The gods will decide to go to battle, even though they know what the prophecies have foretold concerning the outcome of this clash.

Odin will fight Fenrir, and by his side will be the einherjar , the host of his chosen human warriors whom he has kept in Valhalla for just this moment. Odin and the champions of men will fight more valiantly than anyone has ever fought before. But it will not be enough. Fenrir will swallow Odin and his men. Another wolf, Garm , and the god Tyr will slay each other. The god Freyr and the giant Surt will also be the end of each other.

Thor and Jormungand, those age-old foes, will both finally have their chance to kill the other. Thor will succeed in felling the great snake with the blows of his hammer.

But the serpent will have covered him in so much venom that he will not be able to stand for much longer; he will take nine paces before falling dead himself and adding his blood to the already-saturated soil of Vigrid.

Then the remains of the world will sink into the sea, and there will be nothing left but the void. Creation and all that has occurred since will be completely undone, as if it had never happened. The Fenrir wolf will break free of his chains and spread death and destruction.

Odin and the Fenrir wolf will fight each other to the death and Loki will turn on the Aesir, and fight Heimdall, and they will kill each other. Thor will fight the Midgard Serpent and kill it, but he will die of the poisonous wounds left behind by the Midgard Serpent.

Freyr will be killed by the fire giant named Surtr. Finally, Surtr will set all the nine worlds on fire and everything sinks into the boiling sea. There is nothing the gods can do to prevent Ragnarok. The first sign is the murder of the God Baldr, the son of Odin and Frigg which has already happened. The second sign will be three uninterrupted long cold winters that will last for three years with no summer in between.

The third sign will be the two wolves in the sky swallowing the sun and the moon, and even the stars will disappear and send the world into great darkness. At the same time in Hel, will a red rooster warn all the dishonorable dead, that the war has begun. Heimdall will blow his horn as loud as he can and that will be the warning for all the einherjar in Valhalla that the war has started.

The Gods, Baldr, and Hod will be returned from the dead, to fight one last time with their brothers and sisters. Odin will be riding on his horse Sleipnir with his eagle helmet equipped and his spear Gungnir in his hand, and lead the enormous army of Asgard with all the Gods and brave einherjar to the battleground in the fields of Vigrid. The Giants will together with Hel, and all her dishonorable dead, sail in the ship Naglfar, which is made from the fingernails of all the dead, sail to the plains of Vigrid.

The dragon Nidhug will come flying over the battlefield and gather as many corpses for his never-ending hunger. When most of the Gods had perished in the mutual destruction with the Giants, it is predetermined that a new world will rise up from the water, beautiful and green.

And when the battle is over, they will come out and repopulate the earth again. The few Gods who survive will go to Idavoll, which has remained untouched. And here they will build new houses, the greatest of the houses will be Gimli, and will have a roof of gold. It is in the mountains of Nidafjoll. But there is also a terrible place, a great hall on Nastrond, the shore of corpses.

Frigg considered that the mistletoe was insignificant and could not possibly harm her son, so she did not the plant to swear the oath. One day at Asgard, the gods were playing a game with Balder. They threw all sorts of objects and weapons, as they bounced harmlessly off his body.

Only Hod did not play this game. Loki came before Hod and asked why he did not play with his brother and the other gods. Hod replied that he was blind. Loki gave Hod a twig of mistletoe and told him to play.

The twig flew like a dart and struck him. Balder instantly fell dead to the ground. Frigg and the other gods watched horrified that the insignificant mistletoe could kill the most favourite god. Frigg was grief stricken and pleaded with her husband to bring her son back. Odin told the other Aesir that one of them must go to Hel Niflheim and ransomed for Balder from Hel , the goddess of the deads. Hel would allowed Balder to return to Asgard if every creature would weep for Balder, but would keep dead god in Hel if a single creature refused to shed a single tear for Balder.

Upon this news, Frigg went throughout the world asking for every creature to weep for Balder. Loki changed himself into a giantess Thokk or Thanks. Despite Frigg plead to shed a single tear for her son, Thokk or Thanks Loki refused. Hel kept Balder in her domain. Balder was to receive a boat burial. But Hringhorni was the largest ship in the world, and no one could launch it into the sea.

So they called upon the giantess Hyrrokkin from Jotunheim to help them. She arrived on a wolf, with vipers as her rein. She only need to touch the ship, for it to roll into the water, but it set fire to the rollers.

Loki changed himself into a salmon and hid Frananger waterfall. The Aesir failed to catch Loki salmon using a net. Loki tried to escape to the sea. As he leap over the net, Thor caught the salmon by its tail. They took Loki to a cave. Vali killed his brother Narfi. However when the basin was full, Sigyn had to empty the basin. The venom would drip on Loki, causing Loki to suffer from violent spasms. His spasms also caused the earth to tremble and shake.

Hother was the son of Hodbrodd and foster son of Gewar. Nanna was the daughter of Gewar. Balder fell in love with Nanna, when he saw her bathing. Since Balder was invulnerable to ordinary weapons, Hother gained a sword and bracelet belong to Miming the Satyr. Such unequal partners are incompatiable match. Hother also gained the kingdoms of Denmark and Sweden.

Despite being defeated, Balder managed to spirit Nanna away from Gewar, marrying her in Sweden. As he wandered through the land, he came upon a cave with maidens. These maidens comforted him, advising him that he should steal some food that give Balder his strength. After another battle with his enemy, Hother went to spy on his enemy. Before Hother left, he seriously wounded Balder with his sword. Balder died three days later.

Balder was buried in a barrow. See Rind for how Boe Vali was conceived through deception. Gylfaginning , from the Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson. Gesta Danorum was written by Saxo Grammaticus. Death of Balder C. Sigyn and Loki M.