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The Poetic Edda

from Seeress's prophecy

In the air gapes the earth-girdler
the terrible jaws of the serpent yawn above
Odin's son must meet the serpent
(the kin of Vidar is the death of the wolf)

Then the glorious son of Earth
Odin's son, advances to fight against the serpent
in his wrath the defender of earth strikes,
all men must leave their homesteads;
nine steps Fiorgyn's child takes
with difficulty, from the serpent of whom scorn is never spoken

The sun turns black, earth sinks into the sea,
the bright stars vanish from the sky;
steam rises up in the conflagration
a high flame plays against heaven itself

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She sees coming up a second time
Earth from the ocean, eternally green
the waterfall plunges, an eagle soars over it
hunting fish on the mountain

The Aesir meet on Idavoll
and they converse about the mighty Earth-girdler
and they remember there the great events
and the ancient runes of the Mighty One