Naglfar Nail-Ship Carries Demonic Forces To Ragnarok In Norse Beliefs

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - The last confrontation between friends of the gods and their enemies will occur in the field of Vigrid on the day of Ragnarok.

Naglfar and Fenrir on the Tullstorp Runestone in Scania, Sweden. image credit: Sven Rosborn  - CC BY-SA 3.0

Naglfar (Old Norse "nail farer") is a ship made from dead men's nails in Norse myths and legends.  It is attested in the Poetic Edda, based on earlier traditional sources and compiled in the 13th century, and Snorri's Prose Edda, written in the 13th century.

According to the Poetic Edda, the ship sails from the east and is packed with forces of evil and chaos.

Naglfar is on its way into the battle against the Aesir gods and will arrive on the shores of Midgard just in time for the Midgard serpent to emerge from the sea.

 

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