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Answer for the clue "Myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil ", 8 letters:
ragnarok

Word definitions for ragnarok in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ragnarök is a series of events in Norse mythology resulting in the fiery destruction and fertile rebirth of the world. Ragnarok can also refer to:

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in Norse mythology, the last battle of the world, in which gods and men will be destroyed by monsters and darkness, 1770, from Old Norse ragna , genitive of rögn "gods" + rök "destined end" or rökr "twilight." Also see Gotterdammerung .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

Usage examples of ragnarok.

Fortunately the landlord found someone to fix the door that afternoon, and by the end of the day her living room, though somewhat barer than it had been, no longer looked as if someone had been rehearsing Ragnarok there.

The prowlers are the dominant form of life on Ragnarok and I suspect their intelligence is a good deal higher than we would like it to be.

While I lie far, The Aesir safe are, Bring me not home, Lest Ragnarok come.

If Loki were released, bringing about Ragnarok the twilight of the gods the Aesir would perish.

Yet it was like Ragnarok for his old gods, when the great god, Heimdall, the World Brightener, would blow his horn summoning the gods of Aesir to their final battle.