In case you missed this breaking news, the world will end on Saturday.
That’s according to one interpretation of Viking mythology. To be more precise, the old gods will fall and the cosmos will be destroyed before being reborn again, if the Scandinavian warriors of the 8th to 11thcentury are to be believed.
There’s even a countdown clock to the Norse apocalypse at the Viking Tourist Center in York, England, showing the hours, minutes and seconds left to pillage before the world as we know it before it ends with an epic battle.
Here’s what you should look out for: a giant serpent named Jormungand will rise from the sea and a wolf called Fenrir will devour the sun. Then the gods and all the races of the nine worlds will take part in a huge battle, Viking Festival spokesperson Jay Commins tells ABC News. You can’t miss it.
The legend was prophesied by Viking god Odin. Commins says the myth, known as Ragnarok, passed down the ages through oral storytelling and, later in the 13th century through poems and prose.
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