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Real-Life Ragnarök Climate Disaster Detected
No, this is not out of the Marvel Cinematic or comic universe, but it does have fantastical qualities: archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed actual evidence of a climate disaster 1,500 years ago, that may have influenced the Norse myth of Ragnarök! The legend, first appearing in the Poetic Edda from the Icelandic Codex Regius, describes a series of events detailing catastrophic natural disasters, culminating in the submersion of Midgard and the deaths of gods such as Odin, Thor, and Loki.
Myth of Ragnarok: A Real Climate Catastrophe?
The Völuspá, one of the most primary sources for the study of Norse mythology, with Biblical level disaster-imagining, recounts the world’s creation, its end, and eventual rebirth. The research, published in the latest edition of Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, claims that the myth of Ragnarök may have been inspired by a real climate catastrophe that led to a population decline in Denmark around 1,500 years ago.
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