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* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Oh, yeah. Big time. Ragnarök (literally meaning "The Final Fate of the Gods," but famously mistranslated as "The Twilight of the Gods" by [[Richard Wagner]]). When it happens, [[Trauma Conga Line|war and chaos engulf the entire world, a winter three years long will be so cold that life will cease to exist, the sun and the moon will be devoured by wolves, Fenrir the Wolf and Jormugandr the World Serpent will be unleashed, the army of the Underworld will stream forth, all chaotic beings will engage in an epic battle with the gods and the warriors of Valhalla, everyone dies while the fire giant Surt engulfs the world in flames, the burning world will be buried by water and everything will collapse into Yggdrasil.]]

** Originally, Ragnarok was to be the end of all things but a few surviving monsters and the Sons of Muspell (fire Giants). However, in later versions of the myth, Balder (as a Christ-figure), Hod, and several other gods return to a new world along with a repopulation of humans. However, in that version, Nidhogg also still exists as a much more satanic and active being, so while things are nicer, conflict certainly isn't over.

* [[Everything's Better with Rainbows]]: The rainbow is one of the roads to Asgard.

* [[Everything's Better with Rainbows]]: The rainbow is one of the roads to Asgard.of

* [[Everythings Nuttier With Squirrels]]: Ratatösk ("Drill-Tooth"), [[Did Mom Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?|the gossipy squirrel that flits up and down the world tree Yggdrassil.]]

* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]

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** One version of the story explains that he managed to cut off the strings, but that the healing took time, during which he couldn't speak. A time ''much'' appreciated by the other gods.

** He's actually scarred so badly that one of his nicknames is Loki ''Scarlip'' and the scars remain in his various forms.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]] / [[Blind Seer]]: Odin gave up one of his eyes in exchange for wisdom. He throws the eye in the the well of wisdom (Mímir's well) and it gives him the ability to see everything that takes place.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]] / [[Blind Seer]]: Odin gave up one of his eyes in exchange for wisdom. He throws the eye in the the well of wisdom (Mímir's well) and it gives him the ability tnto see everything that takes place.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: While at the start of the ''Prose Edda'', Loki is a [[Loveable Rogue]] / [[Lovable Traitor]], by Ragnarök he is essentially the leader of the forces of darkness.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: In one Eddic Creation myth of the classes of society, all the [[Made a Slave|Thralls]] have names that are some variation on "ugly", all the [[Determined Homesteader|Freemen]] have names that are some variation on "sturdy", and all the [[Blue Blood|Nobles]] have names thhat are some variation on, "handsome" or "honourable".

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Elves, dwarves, giants, gods, dragons - it's got all of them. It's no surprise that the majority of Western fantasy incorporates at least one element from Norse mythology.

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The gods can't kill Loki for what he did to Baldur on account of Odin having adopted him. Thus, they instead bind him in chains made from the entrails of his son, whom they murdered, and allow a snake to drip venom on his face for eternity. Loki's loyal wife Sigyn collects the venom in a bowl most of the time but she eventually has to empty it, allowing the venom to drip and causing him excruciating pain. His thrashing around caused earthquakes.