Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel

"I am not inclined to conclude that man had no existence at all before the epoch of the great revolutions of the earth. He might have inhabited certain districts of no great extent, whence, after these terrible events, he repeopled the world. Perhaps, also, the spots where he abode were swallowed up, and the bones lie buried under the beds of the present seas." -- CUVIER.

Contents

Part I. The Drift

1. The Characteristics of the Drift
2. The Origin of the Drift Not Known
3. The Action of Waves
4. Was It Caused By Icebergs?
5. Was It Caused By Glaciers?
6. Was It Caused By A Continental Ice-Sheet?
7. The Drift A Gigantic Catastrophe
8. Great Heat a Prerequisite

Part II. The Comet

1. A Comet Caused the Drift
2. What Is A Comet?
3. Could A Comet Strike The Earth?
4. The Consequences to the Earth

Part III. The Legends

1. The Nature of Myths
2. Did Man Exist Before The Drift?
3. Legends of the Coming of the Comet
4. Ragnarok
5. The Conflagration of Phaėton
6. Other Legends of the Conflagration
7. Legends of the Cave-Life
8. Legends of the Age of Darkness
9. The Triumph of the Sun
10. The Fall of the Clay and Gravel
11. The Arabian Myths
12. The Book of Job
13. Genesis Read by the Light of the Comet

Part IV. Conclusions

1. Was Pre-Glacial Man Civilized?
2. The Scene of Man's Survival
3. The Bridge
4. Objections Considered
5. Biela's Comet
6. The Universal Belief of Mankind
7. The Earth Struck By Comets Many Times
8. The After-Word