Ragnarok - The Fate of the Gods
Even the gods face their doom at Ragnarok, yet they choose to fight knowing they will fall.
Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods, demonstrates that even divine beings face fate. Yet knowing their doom, the gods choose to fight against chaos rather than surrender. This teaches that how we face our fate matters more than whether we can avoid it.
The wolf runs against the gods; Odin meets his fate with open eyes.
Ragnarok exemplifies the Norse approach to fate - meeting it with courage.
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- What Norse tradition says about courage
The gods know they lose and go out anyway. It is the clearest statement in the tradition that the outcome is not the part you control and the manner is.