gotterdammerung

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Gotterdammerung
    n 1: myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle
         with evil [syn: {Gotterdammerung}, {Ragnarok}, {Twilight of
         the Gods}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]