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* [[Ragnarok]], Norse Mythology's theory of the end of all that is
* [[Ragnarok]], Norse Mythology's theory of the end of all that is
* [[Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth]]
* [[Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth]]
* End of a 5000 year cycle of time[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Brahma_Kumaris_and_2012]], where the end of each cycle of 5000 years would be the end of the world where that cycle is concerned. Destruction takes place at the end of the cycle and these will wipe out the population of the old cycle.


== Music ==
== Music ==

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"End of all life", "End of time", "End of the Earth" and some variants redirect here.

End of the world may refer to:

End of time

  • Apocalypse, concept in the New Testament, referring to the final revelation
  • Armageddon, site of an epic battle associated with end time prophecies
  • Big Crunch, cosmology example for the end of the universe
  • End time, eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) and in doomsday scenarios in various other non-Abrahamic religions
  • Eschatology, part of theology and philosophy concerned with what are believed to be the final events in the history of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humanity
  • Last Judgment, religious concept
  • Ragnarok, Norse Mythology's theory of the end of all that is
  • Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth
  • End of a 5000 year cycle of time[[1]], where the end of each cycle of 5000 years would be the end of the world where that cycle is concerned. Destruction takes place at the end of the cycle and these will wipe out the population of the old cycle.

Music

The original song:

Others:

Television

Locations on Earth

  • End of the World Turn, cliffs along a bend in the Elk River near Ivydale, West Virginia
  • Verdens Ende in Norway, Vestfold county
  • Yamal Peninsula, in northern Russia
  • Fisterra in Galicia Spain is a contraction of "Fin de la tierra" the name given to it by the Romans
  • Isla de los Estados, the lighthouse of which is known as "Faro del fin del mundo" ("Lighthouse at the end of the world")

Literature and art

See also