Found 2 items, similar to gotterdammerung.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Gotterdammerung Gotterdammerung n : myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil [syn: Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gotterdammerung Gotterdammerung \Got`ter*dam"mer*ung\, Gotterdammerung \G["o]t`ter*d["a]m"mer*ung\n. [G., lit. Twilight of the Gods; a modern mistranslation of the Old Icelandic Ragnarok, meaning, fate of the gods. --RHUD] (German mythology) 1. A myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil. Syn: Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods. [WordNet 1.5] 2. An opera by Richard Wagner. [PJC] Gotterdammerung \Got`ter*dam"mer*ung\, Gotterdammerung \G["o]t`ter*d["a]m"mer*ung\n. [G., lit. Twilight of the Gods; a modern mistranslation of the Old Icelandic Ragnarok, meaning, fate of the gods. --RHUD] (German mythology) 1. A myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil. Syn: Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods. [WordNet 1.5] 2. An opera by Richard Wagner. [PJC] Ragnarok \Rag"na*rok"\ (r[.a]"n[.a]*r[o^]k"), Ragnarok \Rag"na*r["o]k"\ (r[.a]"n[.a]*r[^u]k"), n. [Icel., fr. regin, r["o]gn, gods + r["o]k reason, origin, history; confused with ragna-r["o]kr the twilight of the gods.] (Norse Myth.) The so-called “Twilight of the Gods” (called in German G["o]tterd["a]mmerung), the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the [AE]sir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the giants and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]