Did any giants survive Ragnarök?
John Kim
Updated on May 29, 2026
Surviving gods
Hoenir, Magni, Modi, Njord, Vidar, Vali, and the daughter of Sol are all stated to survive Ragnarok.What happens to the giants after Ragnarök?
The Giants will together with Hel, and all her dishonorable dead, sail in the ship Naglfar, which is made from the fingernails of all the dead, sail to the plains of Vigrid. The dragon Nidhug will come flying over the battlefield and gather as many corpses for his never-ending hunger.Who are the humans that survive Ragnarök?
In Norse mythology, Lif and Lifthrasir (also spelled Life and Leifthrasir) were two people designated to be the sole human survivors after Ragnarok, the battle at the end of the world. In the battle of Ragnarok, all the gods were doomed to be destroyed, but the forces of evil would also be killed.Who dies in Ragnarök Norse mythology?
It is possible that an earlier understanding of Ragnarök ended with complete destruction without resurrection. The gods fail and most are killed, including Odin, Thor, Tyr, and Heimdall, but order is preserved, and a new world emerges from the destruction of the old.Does Thor survive Ragnarök?
Thor diesNone of the Norse gods who feature in Thor: Ragnarok make it out of Ragnarok alive. Even Thor himself falls fighting Loki's child the World-Serpent, for although he manages to slay the beast he is fatally poisoned in the process, and can only make it nine steps before death takes him.