It’s that time again!

I’ve just been reminded / refreshed / introduced to something that is as old as time itself. Jo Bryant, Blogstress at Chronicles of Illusions has told me today, in a comment on a recent post about me remembering a Viking celebration, that this coming weekend marks a significant milestone in the history of the world.

The end of it.

Or, to give it its proper name, Ragnarök.

I’ve mentioned Ragnarök before, in 2011 in fact, in a post linked to my 1642 quest, where I discovered that it’s name is linked to a word that means Twilight. Twilight, as in my hair gel range or the vampire series of movies. Spooky.

I first heard of Ragnarök when I read about the Poetic Edda, which was rediscovered itself in Iceland in 1642. Iceland – a country where I have a strange urge to go and visit one day. The Poetic Edda features the tale of Norse Mythology, by the way.

Coincidentally, and I don’t mean to spread panic around the world when I write this, Ragnarök also describes natural disasters. In fact, I’ll post the paragraph I wrote in that post way back when:

‘Ragnarök’ also describes natural disasters, and the world being submerged in water (although the world emerges anew afterwards, and greatly fertile) and water has been featuring heavily in my posts of late. Plus I have recently been introduced to the energy that provides the life of waves, although I have been mentioning this universal energy on and off since my blog began. And, my 1642 quest began with a dream of a ship.

OK, maybe the full paragraph wasn’t needed, but you catch my drift. A little water humour there…

Today, in the Bristol Channel, in England, there was an Earthquake. Measuring 4.1 magnitude, at lunchtime, it caused a few buildings to wobble in the south west of the country, and the county of Somerset. Somerset, which is currently having an issue with major flooding. Somerset, which cropped up in my 2012 multi-part tale, ‘The Road to Meringue’, which is still available to be read in my Storylines section. 2012, where another End of the World prophecy was forecast for 21st December. We celebrated that day here.

And now, here I am remembering Viking celebrations.

All coincidence… all good! Right place, right time and all that!

So, February 22nd 2014 is the day to get our glad rags on and dance and party like it’s 1999. Or do it 2014 style anyway! No fear, just fun and enjoyment… and let’s welcome in the world anew that day. Another new beginning. We can’t seem to have enough of them, can we?

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Just in case any help is needed, I’ll be scouring history over the next few hours to find a suitable hero to help us, should we find ourselves in a time of need. Who I find will be revealed in my post tomorrow.

Remember, things are always changing, so what was written at the beginning of time may not be exactly what is happening now! A pity those internet lie detectors aren’t in use yet, and you’ll see!

Remember… tomorrow… heroes.