Ragnarök: The Twilight of the Gods by Emil Doepler 1905

"The sun turns black, | earth sinks in the sea,
The hot stars down | from heaven are whirled;
Fierce grows the steam | and the life-feeding flame,
Till fire leaps high | about heaven itself."

-Völuspá 57

Emil Doepler illustration from Walhall: Die Götterwelt der Germanen (The Gods of the Teutons) 1905.


Source:

https://boudicca.de/site/de/gmedia-album/emil-doepler/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ragnar%C3%B6k_by_Doepler.jpg

 

Quote:

http://www.voluspa.org/voluspa56-60.htm

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