Fimbulvetr
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Fimbulwinter (, ) is the immediate prelude to the events of Ragnarök in Norse mythology.
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It is catalogued under topics including Eschatology in Norse mythology, Events in Norse mythology and Winter weather events.
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- Norse mythology
- Said to be same as
- Volcanic winter of 536
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Fimbulwinter (, ) is the immediate prelude to the events of Ragnarök in Norse mythology.
==Etymology== comes from Old Norse, meaning "awful, mighty winter". The prefix fimbul, albeit with a largely unknown etymology, means "mighty, giant" etc., so the literal interpretation is "mighty winter".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fimbulvetr” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.