Ragnarok (English spelling)

Japanese: ラグナレク(英語表記)Ragnarök
Ragnarok (English spelling)
In Norse mythology, this term refers to the end of the world of gods and humans. The only complete descriptions of Ragnarok are found in the late 10th-century Icelandic poem Völuspá and the 13th-century Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson. According to these, after a harsh winter and moral disorder, giants and demons swarm the gods from all directions, and most of the gods die in the fields of Vigríðr, along with the Einherjar. The sun goes dark, the stars go out, the world is burned by the fire giant Surt, and the earth sinks into the sea. After that, the earth is reborn and a new world appears, Odin's son Baldr, the god of light, is resurrected from the dead, and the righteous live in golden-roofed halls. The various allusions to Ragnarok in many other sources show that the concept of Ragnarok was very diverse. According to one poem, the human couple Liv and Lifzrasir will emerge from the forest of Hodmimir where they had been hiding and will recreate the world. The German composer Richard Wagner's musical drama "Götterdämmerung" is the German translation of Ragnarok, which means "Twilight of the Gods."

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Japanese:
北欧神話で神と人間の世界の終末を表すことば。ラグナレクに関する完全な記述は,10世紀終わり頃のアイスランド詩『巫子シビルの予言』Völuspáや,スノッリ・ストゥルルソンが 13世紀に書いた散文エッダにあるのみである。これらによると,ラグナレクは過酷な冬と道徳の乱れが訪れたあと,あらゆる方向から巨人や悪霊が神々のもとに押し寄せ,神々はエインヘルヤルらとともにビグリズの野で大部分が死に絶える。太陽は暗くなり,星は消え,世界は火の巨魔スルトによって焼き尽くされ,大地は海に没する。その後,大地は生まれ変わって新世界が現れ,オーディンの息子で光明の神のバルドルたちが死からよみがえり,正しき者たちは黄金の屋根をふいた広間に暮らす。他の多くの資料にみられるラグナレクについてのさまざまな示唆は,ラグナレクの概念がそれだけ多様であったことを示している。ある詩によれば,人間の夫婦リブとリフズラシルは身を隠していたホッドミミルの森から出てきて,世界を再創造するとある。ドイツの作曲家リヒアルト・ワーグナーの楽劇 "Götterdämmerung"は,ラグナレクのドイツ語訳で「神々の黄昏(たそがれ)」を意味する。

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