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The Edda, Volume 1 - The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, - Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 by Winifred (Lucy Winifred) Faraday
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(1) _Vafthrudnismal_:

V. "What is the plain called where Surt and the blessed Gods shall
meet in battle?"

O. "Vigrid is the name of the place where Surt and the blessed Gods
shall meet in battle. It is a hundred miles every way; it is their
destined battle-field."

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O. "Whence shall the sun come on the smooth heaven when Fenri has
destroyed this one?"

V. "Before Fenri destroy her, the elf-beam shall bear a daughter:
that maid shall ride along her mother's paths, when the Gods perish."

O. "Which of the Aesir shall rule over the realms of the Gods, when
Surt's fire is quenched?"

V. "Vidar and Vali shall dwell in the sanctuary of the Gods when
Surt's fire is quenched. Modi and Magni shall have Mjöllni at the
end of Vingni's (_i.e._, Thor's) combat."

O. "What shall be Odin's end, when the Gods perish?"

V. "The Wolf will swallow the father of men; Vidar will avenge it. He
will cleave the Wolf's cold jaws in the battle."

(2) _Völuspa_:
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