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Ragnarok [twilight of the gods]

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The day of doom, when the present world and all its inhabitants will be annihilated. Vidar of Vali will survive the conflagration, and reconstruct the universe on in imperishable basis. (Scandinavian mythology.)

“And, Frithiof, mayst thou sleep away

Till Ragnarok, if such thy will.”


Frithiof-Saga: Frithiof’s Joy.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Rag
Rag (The)
Rag-water
Rags of Antisthenes
Rags and Jags
Ragamuffin (French, maroufle)
Ragged Robin
Raghu
Ragman Roll
Ragnarok [twilight of the gods]
Ragout
Rahu
Rail
Railway Abbreviations
Railway King
Railway Signals
Railways
Rain
Rain Gauge
Rainbow

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