Twilight of the Gods

English

Etymology

From German Götterdämmerung (“the twilight of the gods”); by erroneously translating Old Norse ragnarǫk (“fate of the gods”), misconstrued as ragnarøkkr (“the twilight of the gods”).

Proper noun

the Twilight of the Gods

  1. (Norse mythology) Ragnarok.
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