vaguelyhumanoid
Active Member
Here's a pretty big question - is Ragnarök coming? I've heard of very widely differing views on the subject existing among the Heathen community, ranging from "Loki worshippers are hastening the world's destruction" to "it's Christian propaganda and Fenrir and Jormungand ain't that bad".
Personally, I view all the myths quite metaphorically. The gods are not physical beings; they do not literally fight and kill one another. Such stories illuminate the relationships between more abstract concepts and to provide parables for our lives. Ragnarök is "real" in that entropy is inescapable, but not in the sense that Oðin will be eaten by a wolf, for instance. It's been centuries since those prophecies and people still feel called to him - clearly he hasn't gone anywhere.
Personally, I view all the myths quite metaphorically. The gods are not physical beings; they do not literally fight and kill one another. Such stories illuminate the relationships between more abstract concepts and to provide parables for our lives. Ragnarök is "real" in that entropy is inescapable, but not in the sense that Oðin will be eaten by a wolf, for instance. It's been centuries since those prophecies and people still feel called to him - clearly he hasn't gone anywhere.