
RAGNAROK: A QUIZ FOR THE PUBLIC
The people of the North believed that destiny was supreme. The word was so prominent in Old Norse that it had six different names. Daniel McCoy says that “Fate occupied much the same position in the Norse worldview as the rules of science do in the modern world; it offered an unseen guiding force that dictated how events in the world would unfold, and could explain them after they had occurred” (p. 87). The Vikings’ stoicism was partly a result of their belief that “fate is inescapable.” Every person was doomed to fail since the outcome had already been decided. It was imperative that one be prepared to face the challenges of life. In the Viking concept of Valhalla, we may observe this. Valhalla was built for the purpose of incarcerating those who have sinned against the gods. But it wasn’t just to give … Read more