'Gotterdammerung' definitions:
Definition of 'Gotterdammerung'
(from WordNet)
noun
Myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil [syn: Gotterdammerung, Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods]
Definition of 'Gotterdammerung'
From: GCIDE
- Gotterdammerung \Got`ter*dam"mer*ung\, Gotterdaummmerung \G["o]t`ter*d[aum]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]