Ragnarok is Upon Us, Vikings Predict World Ending Today

[Agayek]

Now, seeing as it's February 23rd where I am, and I've yet to be taken to Valhalla, I'm going out on a limb here and say today is not the end of the world. Don't blame the Vikings, though, even the Mayans and Nostradamus got that one bit wrong, too.

<pedantic-quibble>
But that's a terrible sign to judge whether the world is ending! You only go to Valhalla if you die as a warrior in glorious battle. Everyone else goes to Hel, where they will await the appointed hour, in which they become zombie foot soldiers for Loke's assault on the Aesir.

So technically, it's the fact that you're not a zombie that signifies today isn't the end of the world. Though there's also the fact that a giant wolf didn't swallow the sun, and all of Midgard wasn't bathed in Surtr's fires. Those are good indicators as well.
</pedantic-quibble>

 

[GothmogII]

Well...the wind is slightly more gusty and loud than usual...but no, not particularly end of the worldy. But it's night time, so I can't really tell if the sun is gone, though can't see the moon either...

 

[Storm Dragon]

I haven't seen or heard any signs of Thor doing battle with Jörmungandr, and I don't think that that would be the sort of thing that goes unnoticed, so I'm going to guess that there will be no Ragnarok today.

 

[FalloutJack]

Hmmm, no, I don't think so. Had a nice day today. True, I fought and killed my doppelganger, plus torched Frankenstein's monster, but the end of the world? Just wasn't in the cards today.

Sorry, Vikings! It was actually A NICE DAY IN PITTSBURGH! That never happens!

 

[conmag9]

So THAT'S what all that noise early this morning was all about. Thor was hurling lightning bolts at something (it's been a while, I don't remember the details of Ragnarok. The giants were involved, I think?). Made it hard to sleep.

 

[Grabehn]

In the last couple of years, we've had predictions of the Mayan apocalypse, which passed without incident, and numerous other dates where the end of the world has been pencilled in by seers, fortune tellers and visionaries, but the sound of the horn is possibly the best indicator yet that the Viking version of the end of the world really will happen on 22 February next year."

I'm a bit lost here, so given that none of the previous "end of the world" predictions happened, it means that the Ragnarok is going to happen? The logic here... I understand not.

And it's kinda funny that people still talk about the Mayan thing, since even Mayans said "no, the world's not ending."

 

[Product Placement]

Really now. A guy blew a horn in York 100 days ago and that's the sign of the apocalypse?

Hmm... Ragnarök was supposed to be preceded with three years of continuous winter. This would be preceded with a period, where humanity would abandon all morality and fighting and incest would be commonplace. Also, one of the early signs of Ragnarök would be the disappearance of both the moon and the sun.

It's kinda hard to miss those little things.

 

[Kajin]

Gotta say, if there is an apocalypse myth out there that's true, I hope it's the Norse version. Ragnarok > Revelations any day.

I came in here to say the exact same thing. If any religion was right about the end of the world, the Norse would have to be my favorite contender.

 

[lacktheknack]

The world already ended. At the precise moment that it was December 21st 2012 all around the world, "Gangnam Style" reached a billion views, ensuring the total triumph of K-Pop, as the Mayans and Julia Gillard predicted.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

That date seems oddly specific considering the prediction comes from a culture that didn't even use our current calender.
Also as I post this it'll be Feb. 23 in an hour where I am and I still haven't reached Valhalla yet so I'm calling bullshit on this one.

 

[Product Placement]

Also as I post this it'll be Feb. 23 in an hour where I am and I still haven't reached Valhalla yet so I'm calling bullshit on this one.

You have to die in a glorious battle to get to Valhalla.

 

[Dr.Susse]

The world already ended. At the precise moment that it was December 21st 2012 all around the world, "Gangnam Style" reached a billion views, ensuring the total triumph of K-Pop, as the Mayans and Julia Gillard predicted.

But Australian high priestess Gillard was slain by her brethren Rudd before the prophecy could be fulfilled.
We were saved on that day and the mythical nature of Australian politics continued.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Also as I post this it'll be Feb. 23 in an hour where I am and I still haven't reached Valhalla yet so I'm calling bullshit on this one.

You have to die in a glorious battle to get to Valhalla.

Well I'm not dead nor have I been in any glorious battles lately so I'm 0 for 2.

 

[Godhead]

I thought that the Fimbul Winter had to occur before Ragnarok could begin.

Edit: Damned ninja having more off the top of the head knowledge then me.

 

[Ftaghn To You Too]

It's fine! Ragnarok was probably invented by Christians, so everything will probably be fine.

Probably.

 

[Product Placement]

Edit: Damned ninja having more off the top of the head knowledge then me.

My high school had the Edda as mandatory reading.

 

[FPLOON]

Huh... If I didn't know better, I would say this "afterlife" looks a lot like how it was when I was alive...
*pauses*
What that? It's DIDN'T happen??
*ponders*
No wonder I don't feel any different than how I do now, then...
Eh... Maybe next time, we really should consider how to translate time throughout the WHOLE world... Just because you say the world's going to end on a certain day [at a certain time] does NOT mean it's always that day [and time] across the WHOLE world...

Unless the world stops spinning or something... *shifty eyes* Just saying...

 

[Product Placement]

Also as I post this it'll be Feb. 23 in an hour where I am and I still haven't reached Valhalla yet so I'm calling bullshit on this one.

You have to die in a glorious battle to get to Valhalla.

Well I'm not dead nor have I been in any glorious battles lately so I'm 0 for 2.

Ragnarök is not gonna provide you with glorious battles. You have to seek them out, yourself. If you don't act quickly, you might get consumed in the coming fire, like the rest of us peasants.

Now, off you go.