Il Ragnarök dei nostri giorni

Why do Norse myths seem more "real" than the perfect gods of Olympus? In this video, we explore A.S. Byatt's remarkable insight: during the Blitz, a little girl finds in the tales of Ragnarök (the Twilight of the Gods) not an escape from reality, but a mirror of the chaos of war. The gods of Asgard, imperfect and doomed, become the reflection of a humanity incapable of halting its own self-destruction. From the trauma of World War II to the contemporary ecological crisis, passing through Ludwig Feuerbach, Hobbes, and Tolkien, we analyze how Norse mythology can speak to our present better than any comforting tale. Jormungandr becomes the symbol of global industrialization, Naglfar the metaphor for pollution, and Loki the disturbing image of modern technological intelligence. A journey through myth, philosophy, war, and environmental collapse to understand why, perhaps, the Norse gods are all too similar to us.