Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel

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Author

Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901

Title

Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel

Credits

J.B. Hare

Language

English

LoC Class

GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology

Subject

Comets

Category

Text

eBook-No.

5109

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5109

Release Date

February 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RAGNAROK: — THE AGE OF FIRE AND GRAVEL. — BY IGNATIUS DONNELLY, — AUTHOR OF "ATLANTIS: THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD." — CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
2. 2.RAGNAROK: — THE AGE OF FIRE AND GRAVEL.
3. 3.PART I. The Drift — CHAPTER I. — THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRIFT. — CHAPTER II. — THE ORIGIN OF THE DRIFT NOT KNOWN. — CHAPTER III. — THE ACTION OF WAVES. — CHAPTER IV. — WAS IT CAUSED BY ICEBERGS? — CHAPTER V. — WAS IT CAUSED BY GLACIERS? — CHAPTER VI. — WAS IT CAUSED BY CONTINENTAL ICE-SHEETS? — CHAPTER VII. — THE DRIFT A GIGANTIC CATASTROPHE. — CHAPTER VIII. — GREAT HEAT A PREREQUISITE.
4. 4.PART II. The Comet. — CHAPTER I. — A COMET CAUSED THE DRIFT. — CHAPTER II. — WHAT IS A COMET? — CHAPTER III. — COULD A COMET STRIKE THE EARTH? — CHAPTER IV. — THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE EARTH.
5. 5.PART III The Legends — CHAPTER I. — THE NATURE OF MYTHS. — CHAPTER II. — DID MAN EXIST BEFORE THE DRIFT? — CHAPTER III. — LEGENDS OF THE COMING OF THE COMET. — CHAPTER IV. — RAGNAROK — CHAPTER V. — THE CONFLAGRATION OF PHAËTON — CHAPTER VI. — OTHER LEGENDS OF THE CONFLAGRATION. — CHAPTER VII. — LEGENDS OF THE CAVE-LIFE. — CHAPTER VIII. — LEGENDS OF THE AGE OF DARKNESS. — CHAPTER IX. — THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN. — CHAPTER X. — THE FALL OF THE CLAY AND GRAVEL. — CHAPTER XI. — THE ARABIAN MYTHS. — CHAPTER XII. — THE BOOK OF JOB. — CHAPTER XIII. — GENESIS READ BY THE LIGHT OF THE COMET.
6. 6.PART IV. (Conclusions) — CHAPTER I. — WAS PRE-GLACIAL MAN CIVILIZED? — CHAPTER II. — THE SCENE OF MAN'S SURVIVAL — CHAPTER III. — THE BRIDGE. — CHAPTER IV. — OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED. — CHAPTER V. — BIELA'S COMET. — CHAPTER VI. — THE UNIVERSAL BELIEF OF MANKIND. — CHAPTER VII. — THE EARTH STRUCK BY COMETS MANY TIMES. — CHAPTER VIII. — THE AFTER-WORD. — End of Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel

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