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  1. n. Germanic mythology The myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; the apocalypse.
  2. n. Any cataclysmic downfall or momentous, apocalyptic event, especially of a regime or an institution.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (German mythology) A myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.
  2. n. An opera by Richard Wagner.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil

Etymologies

  1. From German Götterdämmerung ("twilight of the gods"), especially as the title of an opera by Wagner; by erroneously translating Old Norse ragnarök ("fate of the gods"), misconstrued as ragnarökkr ("twilight of the gods"). (Wiktionary)

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  1. ragnarok
  1. Twilight of the Gods

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  1. myth

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  1. music drama
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