Editing Ragnarök (section)

==Modern influences==
The events of Ragnarok are dramatized, albeit briefly, in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Marsh King's Daughter".

In late 2013 and early 2014, English-language media outlets widely reported that {{Lang|non|Ragnarök}} was foretold to occur on 22 February 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richards |first1=Chris |title=Will the world END next week? Viking apocalypse 'Ragnarok' due to arrive on February 22 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/viking-apocalypse-2014-ragnarok-due-3153959 |website=Daily Mirror |date=17 February 2014}}</ref> Apparently patterned after the [[2012 phenomenon]], the claim was at times attributed to a "Viking Calendar". No such calendar is known to have existed, and the source was a "prediction" made to media outlets by the [[Jorvik Viking Centre]] in [[York]], England, intended to draw attention to an event that the institution was to hold on that date. The Jorvik Viking Centre was criticized for misleading the public to promote the event. In a 2014 article on the claims, philologist Joseph S. Hopkins perceives the media response as an example of a broad revival of interest in the Viking Age and ancient Germanic topics.{{sfn|Hopkins|2014|pages=7–12}}

The Norwegian fantasy adventure film ''[[Gåten Ragnarok]]'' was released in 2013 and centres on the discovery of the mythical serpent in contemporary [[Finnmark]].

The myth is central to the 2017 [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] film ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/23544/thor_brings_ragnarok_to_the_marvel_cinematic_universe_in_2017 |title=Thor Brings Ragnarok to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2017 |last=Strom |first=Marc |publisher=[[Marvel.com]] |date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028212439/http://marvel.com/news/movies/23544/thor_brings_ragnarok_to_the_marvel_cinematic_universe_in_2017 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> at whose climax the demon [[Surtur (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Surtur]] destroys [[Asgard (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Asgard]] as its people flee into space under the guidance of [[Thor (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Thor]], [[Valkyrie (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Valkyrie]], [[Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Loki]], [[Heimdall (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Heimdall]], [[Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Hulk]], and [[Korg (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Korg]].

[[A. S. Byatt]] published a novel entitled ''Ragnarok: The End of the Gods'' in 2011.

Ragnarök is set up at the end of the 2018 video game [[God of War (2018 video game)|''God of War'']], which is rooted in [[Norse mythology]], after the protagonist [[Kratos (God of War)|Kratos]] kills [[Baldr]]. The 2022 sequel, ''[[God of War Ragnarök]]'', deals with the aftermath of this event and covers the in-game version of Ragnarök.

Norse mythology and climate change inspired the eponymous TV series ''[[Ragnarok (TV series)|Ragnarok]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/72072193|title=Like dårlig som det høres ut|last=Thorvik|first=Hannah Bull|date=28 January 2020|website=[[Dagbladet]]|language=no|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> The town of Edda in Western Norway is plagued by climate change and industrial pollution caused by the factories owned by the Jutul family, a group of {{Lang|non|jötunn}}. They are challenged by a teenage boy, Magne, the reincarnation of Thor. Thus begins the event Ragnarok ("twilight of the gods"), the fight against those who are destroying the planet.

In the 2020 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla]]'', which is partially inspired by Norse mythology, the Æsir are depicted as members of the Isu, who within the series' fictional lore, are an advanced civilization that predate humanity, and Ragnarök refers to a series of events revolving around the [[Toba catastrophe theory|Toba Catastrophe]], or the "Great Catastrophe", which was a [[solar flare]] that hit the Earth, killing most of the Isu. In one of the game's story arcs, the protagonist Eivor Varinsdottir assumes the role of [[Odin]] (later revealed to be her [[Reincarnation|previous life]]), who searches for a way for himself and the other Æsir to survive beyond Ragnarök, during which they are all foretold to perish. One of the game's [[downloadable content]] packs, titled ''Dawn of Ragnarök'', builds upon this, as it follows Odin just as the events of Ragnarök are about to begin.