twilight of the gods

Deities' final battle

Twilight of the gods is a phrase for a dramatic final downfall of the powerful.

From the Norse *Ragnarök*—the prophesied destruction of the gods and the world—the phrase suggests not mere defeat but apocalyptic collapse: The scandal marked the twilight of the gods for that political dynasty.

Wagner's opera *Götterdämmerung* popularized the German rendering.

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RagnarokNorse end of days
apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
end timesProphesied apocalyptic conclusion
NorseAncient Scandinavian civilization
WagnerGerman Romantic opera composer

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Categories

mythic warsRagnarok, war in heaven, order vs chaos, Armageddon, apocalypse
Germanic epicsBeowulf, Siegfried, Gunther, Sigurd, Grendel

Opposites

cosmic cycle phase

twilight of the godscreation

Making something exist

genesis · cosmogony · creation myth · theogony · Big Bang

divine vitality

twilight of the godstheogony

Narrative of gods' origins

narrative temporality

twilight of the godsin the beginning

At the start

time before time · alpha · Genesis · ab initio

Family

twilight, light, lights, lighted, lighting, lighter, lightest, goddess, godless

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G