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152 EELIGION OP THE NOETHMEN.
iEsii" and their enemies mutually slay each other.
The flames of Surtur, the supreme Fire-God, com-
plete the overthrow, and the .last remnant of the
consumed Earth sinks into the ocean.
But as the two primeval "Worlds, Muspell and
Niflheim, stand unshaken, neither is the terrestrial
world eternally destroyed in Eagnarokk. When
the great convulsion is finished, the Earth comes
forth out of the ocean, "regenerated and purified
from Evil, as the abode of a new, a vigorous, and a
happy race of men. With the renewed Earth ap-
pears a renovated race of -lEsir. ViSarr and Yali,
who survive the universal conflagration, join with
their brothers Baldur and H65urr, now set free
from the dominion of Death, and in concord they
take possession of the mansions of their common
Father Odin. In Thor's stead step forth his sons
M65i—the Courage- Giver, and Magni the Strength-
Giver* who have inherited their father's Hammer,
his all-subduing power. But a God, higher than all
the JiCsir, shall then reveal himself to rule over the
World through all eternity. According to his judgments
shall be the eternal reward and the eternal
punishment of the immortal souls of the departed ;
the Good shall be raised up to the highest realm of
light—to Gimli;f the Wicked shall follow the
* M6Si, from m66r LSwed. mod; Dan. Mod; Germ.Muih), cou-
rage ; cogn. with A.-S. mod ; JSngl. mood. Magni, from magn,
(A.S. masgen) strength ; magna, to give strength ; cognate with
M.-Goth. mahts; Germ. Maeht; A.-S. milht; Enffl. jnight ; also
with Zat. magnns.
f Cognate with gimr, gimsteinn, a gem, sparkling stone {Alemannic
gimme; A.-S. gim, gymstfin; Zat. gemma; &igl. gem), and
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