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The mighty flood frees the ship known as Naglfar, a vessel that the Giants were so long in building...Loki steers the ship of Hel with the Fenris Wolf aboard. The head of Mimir (fountain of all wisdom), counsels Odin to meet on the field of Vigrid, and to wage there such a war that the power of evil would be destroyed forever, even though his own world would be destroyed with them. Now death is the portion of doomed men, Red with blood the buildings of gods, The sun turns black in the summer after, Winds whine.... I shall reverse the world. I shall bid the rivers flow upward; I shall cause the sea to gather together itself up into a huge towering wall which I shall hurl upon your wicked Earth-chil- dren, and thus destroy them and all life. Surtur (Saturn) from the south wends With seething fire The falchion of the Mighty One A sunlight flaming Mountains dashed together Giants headlong rush Men rend the paths of Hell And Heaven is rent in twain In the beginning was the Earth, but then a great fire arose and raged for seven years and the Earth was burned up. Everything became sea. All the Tungus were consumed except a boy and a girl who rose up with an eagle in the sky... 39 The World Falls Dead Their adversarial presence was termed the Midgard Serpent: The Midgard Serpent blows so much poison that the whole sky and sea are splattered with it. Strange flying craft bringing destruction are described: They also speak specifically of Ragnarok, the war between the gods: In northern Sweden, the Laplanders preserve their accounts. Their ancient books say: The Scandinavian skalds record in their sagas and poems: Siberian accounts relate: Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation