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Definition of Twilight of the gods
1. Noun. Myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twilight Of The Gods
Literary usage of Twilight of the gods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Canute the Great, 995 (Circ) by Laurence Marcellus Larson (1912)
"... VIII THE twilight of the gods 'T'HE question what attitude to assume toward
1 the organised English Church may have caused Canute some embarrassment; ..."
2. The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Annie Keary, Eliza Keary (1893)
"RAGNAROK, OR THE twilight of the gods. SINCE the day that Baldur died no one had
walked in the bright halls of ..."
3. The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Annie Keary, Eliza Keary (1893)
"RAGNAROK, OR THE twilight of the gods. SINCE the day that Baldur died no one had
walked in the bright halls of ..."
4. America and the Young Intellectual by Harold Stearns (1921)
"(The TWILIGHT of the GODS THE League of Nations may be just a crooked device to
get us to guarantee England's conquests, as Mr. Hearst is never tired of ..."
5. The Rebirth of Russia by Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1917)
"V—The Twilight of the Gods WHILE the Duma rocked with" frenzied debate there was
written in the quiet of an obscure Russian town one of the supreme chapters ..."
6. Northern Antiquities: Or, A Description of the Manners, Customs, Religion by Paul Henri Mallet, Johan Göransson, Thomas Percy (1770)
"Of the Twilight of the Gods. GANGLER then inquired; What can you tell me concerning
that day ? Har replied; There are very many and very notable ..."
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