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Odin's wife Frigg, is supposed to know the fates of all things to the end of time, including who will survive the battle of Ragnarok when Odin and the present world must fall. Here she sings to two of the prophesied survivors,Thor's sons Magni and Modi, about what they will face in the new world after this one falls.

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Frigg: Grandchildren, Thunder-sons, pride of your father
And light of your grandfather’s all-seeing eye,
The day is approaching of Ragnarok battle
When all of your family will die except you.
But a new world will rise from the waters,
And new life will stir in her seas,
And the old sun will leave us a daughter
As bright and as precious as she.

Children: Well we know, Grandmother, all that must come,
How the wolf and its children will swallow the sun,
And our father and grandfather fall to the beasts,
And the fires of Musphel will feast on the dead.

All: But a new world will rise from the waters,
And new eyes will wake to her dawn,
And the last pair: Lif and Lifthrasir,
The woman and husband
Will guard in their hiding place
Life and the will to live on.

Children: Well we know, Grandmother, all we must do
When the humans establish their homesteads anew.
We must teach them, like grandfather, all that they need:
How to stand, how to speak, how to fight, how to lead,
Why the old worlds have fallen, and why they still live.
But we don’t know what answer to give when they ask of us:

“What was
(Answer me, answer me)
Odin?
(Somebody answer me.)
This strange
(Oldest of questions and)
Allfather,
(Deepest of needs. Our)
Who built such
(Mystery, mystery,)
Wonders
(Teach us our history.)
And lost them again
(Lost all again)
To the dark?
(To the dark of the grave.)

Was he cruel? Was he kind? Was he wise? Was he blind
To the needs of the humans who suffered and died as he
Kept his worlds locked on their desperate course, with his
Justice, and witchcraft, and guile, and force?

What was Odin?
(Answer me, answer me. Why can’t he answer me?)
This teacher, and soldier,
(Teacher and soldier)
And trickster and king?
(And trickster and king?)
Who lost such wonders?
(Who, mystery, mystery, fathered our history?)
Seducer, and savior,
(Maker, and savior,)
And tyrant, and king?
(And tyrant, and king?)

Frigg: Grandchildren, take with you only one answer
To teach a new world what your grandfather was.
That from fire and ice, where no man can live easy
He carved out a place where a man could live proud.
And a new world will rise from the waters,
And new men will bask in her day.
And my lost sons: dear shining Baldur and
Unlucky Hod will return from the darkness
And join you in guiding their ways.

And they know, from Hel and Valhalla
What Fate shows at their father’s last stand.
That from fire and ice, where no man can die easy
He carved out a place where a man could live long and die proud.
And they know from Hel and Valhalla
What your grandfather gave to you.
So carry him with you in all that you teach and do.

When the new world will rise from the waters
And new tribes will ask you our names.
And my lost sons: tell them I love them, and tell them I miss them
And tell them I thought of them even as Ragnarok came.

Grandchildren, Thunder-sons, pride of your father
(Children:)
And light of your grandfather’s all-seeing eye,
(Help me know why)
The day is approaching of Ragnarok battle
(Ragnarok battle)
When all of your family will die
(All will die)
Except what lives on inside you.
(Even you.)

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from Sundown: Whispers of Ragnarok, released January 4, 2015

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Sassafrass performs Ada Palmer's original a cappella polyphonic folk music, complex pieces with lively narratives and fantasy, mythology or science fiction themes.

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