Three successive, severe, and dreadful winters, will announce its approach to the children of men. The snow will fall from the four corners of the world. The wolf Fenris will devour the sun; another monster will carry off the moon; the stars will vanish from the heavens; the tottering mountains will crumble to pieces; the sea will rush upon the land; the great serpent, advancing to the shore, will inundate the air and water, with floods of venom. In the midst of this confusion, the heaven will open; the Genii of fire will enter, and with Surtur at their head, will pass the bridge Bifrost. […] A new system will then be established.