The stories featured in Greaking Out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths.

This week's story features a lot of biting, a planet-sized snake, kidnapping children,

a human skin suit, surprisingly strong silk, and kids that are actual monsters.

Welcome back to Greaking Out and the End is Nye.

Nye is a word from Old English that means near or close in both a physical or figurative sense.

This season only has one more episode in it.

Yeah, that's right, but also today we're talking a little bit about the end of the world,

or Ragnarok, which is what the ancient Norse believed to be the battle that would lead to the

destruction of the world. Yep, you guessed it. We're traveling north again today to talk more about

Norse mythology, and Ragnarok was a huge part of the Norse worldview. They believe that there

would be a big battle and everybody was going to die and the world was going to end.

Can you imagine living your life knowing all this stuff? I mean, how did they know all this stuff?

Father is the chief of the Acer gods. He sacrificed one of his eyes in order to see everything that

happens in the world. Yeah, that's right. He could see the future. And what he saw was,

well, pretty bleak. In fact, one of the main things he saw was that Loki was going to be a problem.

More specifically, Loki's children were going to be a problem.

Now, you probably remember Loki from our first Norse myth in season five. He's that super sweet

caring guy who's always looking for ways to make life easier for those around him. Always a helper.

Never a burden. This is irony. Those are not things Loki is known for. Yeah, thanks for clarifying

that Oracle. Loki is one of Norse mythology's most famous tricksters, constantly getting into trouble

and making life more interesting for the Norse gods and goddesses of the Acer that he hung out with.

Acer is the name of one of the groups of Norse gods. There is also the vanyur and various groups

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