Oþinn, Thórr, and the other gods shall perish, but not unrevenged: the wolf and the serpent will fall, one by the hands of Viðarr, Oþinn’s son, the other under the terrible battle-maul of Thórr. The sun and moon and earth will be destroyed, and the ash Yggrdasil wither under the flames of Surtr. Sól tekr sortna, Black wanes the sun, sígr fold í mar, in waves the earth shall sink, hverfa af himni from heaven shall fall heiðar stjörnur; the friendly stars; geisar eimr round the tree við aldrnára, red fire shall rustle, leikr hár hiti high heat play við himin sjálfan[771] against the heaven. But the Gods will be found again in Iðavelli; the earth will arise again from the ocean; the sun that perished will have left a yet more beauteous daughter to perform her task; the deities will remember their ancient power, and the secrets of the great god; the golden tablets will be found in the grass; Baldr, the slain god, will arise from the tomb; Havdr, that unconsciously slew him, will return with him from the realms of Hel, the goddess of the dead. Viðarr and Vale, sons, or rather new births of Oþinn; Mode and Magne, sons of Thórr, will survive the universal destruction; Allfather’s glorious kingdom will be renewed, and the power of death and evil vanish for ever. Sér hon uppkoma Then sees she rise öðru sinni, a second time jörð or œgi the world from ocean iðjagrœna[772]. wondrous green. Eína dóttur One bright child shall berr Álfröðull bear Álfröðull, áðr hana Fenrir fari; ere her form doth sú skal ríða, Fenrir ruin; þá er regin deyja, thus shall go, móður brautir mær[773]. when gods have perished, the maiden on her mother’s journey. Finnask Æsir Æsir meet á Iðavelli, in Iðavelli, ok um moldþinur doom with power mátkan dœma, the great disasters, ok minnask þar there remember á megindóma, mighty judgements, ok á fimbultýs and Fimbultýrs fornar rúnar. former secrets. Þar munu eptir After, shall be undrsamligar all together gullnar töflur found in the grass í grasi finnask, the golden tablets, þærs í árdaga which in time past áttar höfðu possessed among them fólkvaldr goða gods that ruled ok Fjölnis kind. the race of Odin.