THE THIRTY-SECOND FABLE OF THE 
TWILIGHT OF THE GODS. 
[From the Ancient Icelandic, or Runic, Mythology, nearly as long 
ago as the time of Isaiah.] 
Gangler then inquired, “ What can you tell me 
concerning that day ? ” Har replied : “ There are 
very many and very notable circumstances which I 
can impart to you. In the first place will come the 
grand, the 4 desolating’ Winter, during which the 
snow will fall from the four corners of the world ; 
the frost will be very severe ; the tempest violent and 
dangerous; and the sun will withdraw his beams. 
Three such winters shall pass away, without being 
softened by one summer.Then will hap¬ 
pen such things as may well be called prodigies. 
The wolf Fenris will devour the sun ; a severe loss 
will it be found by mankind. Another monster will 
carry off the moon, and render her totally useless; 
the stars shall fly away and vanish from the heav¬ 
ens ; the earth and the mountains shall be seen vio¬ 
lently agitated ; the trees torn up from the earth by 
the roots; the tottering hills to tumble headlong from 
their foundations; all the chains and irons of the 
prisons to be broken and dashed in pieces. Then is 
the wolf Fenris let loose ; the sea rushes impetuous- 
