Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network

Re:Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end e... by hutzlibu on Monday June 21, 2021 @08:17AM (#27578421)

"For example, much of the popular conception of Ragnarok is heavily influenced by Christian eschatology, instead of the original Norse beliefs. "

In more easy words: christians believe that one day the world really ends with judgment day/apocalypse, and interpreted Ragnarok similar as the end of the world, which is what many people today think of Ragnarok (and that view that gets reinforced by the popular movies)

But Ragnarok is not the end of the world, just the end of a cycle and start of a new beginning. The snake that bites its own tail. Endless cycle of seasons. Really a different philosophy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbT8vzX4sZY

(Einar Selvik from Band Wardruna explains it, before performing a song about it)

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Re:Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end e... by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 21, 2021 @10:16AM (#27579399)

> christians believe that one day the world really ends with judgment day/apocalypse, and interpreted Ragnarok similar as the end of the world, which is what many people today think of Ragnarok

There is also the interpretation that we live in a post-Ragnarok world, which conveniently allows the Christian narrative to perfectly mate to the end of the Norse gods’ reign.

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Re:Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end e... by ComodoHacker on Monday June 21, 2021 @12:41PM (#27580884)

To be fair, nothing in the New Testament explicitly denies the possibility of repeating the cycle. CMIIW.

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Re:Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end e... by dash2 on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:09PM (#27581889)

Funnily enough, the early Church Father Origen believed that time was circular.

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Re:Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end e... by edoceo on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:19PM (#27585282)

So does Futurama.

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