Ragnarok the Age of Fire and Gravel

Ragnarok the Age of Fire and Gravel

Ignatius L. Donnelly, populist writer and amateur scientist, known primarily now for his theories concerning Atlantis (1831-1901)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- PART I. THE DRIFT

-04- CHAPTER I. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRIFT

-05- CHAPTER II. THE ORIGIN OF THE DRIFT NOT KNOWN

-06- CHAPTER III. THE ACTION OF WAVES

-07- CHAPTER IV. WAS IT CAUSED BY ICEBERGS

-08- CHAPTER V. WAS IT CAUSED BY GLACIERS

-09- CHAPTER VI. WAS IT CAUSED BY CONTINENTAL ICE SHEETS

-10- CHAPTER VII. THE DRIFT A GIGANTIC CATASTROPHE

-11- CHAPTER VIII. GREAT HEAT A PREREQUISITE

-12- PART II. THE COMET

-13- CHAPTER I. A COMET CAUSED THE DRIFT

-14- CHAPTER II. WHAT IS A COMET

-15- CHAPTER III. COULD A COMET STRIKE THE EARTH

-16- CHAPTER IV. THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE EARTH

-17- PART III. THE LEGENDS

-18- CHAPTER I. THE NATURE OF MYTHS

-19- CHAPTER II. DID MAN EXIST BEFORE THE DRIFT

-20- CHAPTER III. LEGENDS OF THE COMING OF THE COMET

-21- CHAPTER IV. RAGNAROK

-22- CHAPTER V. THE CONFLAGRATION OF PHAËTON

-23- CHAPTER VI. OTHER LEGENDS OF THE CONFLAGRATION

-24- CHAPTER VII. LEGENDS OF THE CAVE LIFE

-25- CHAPTER VIII. LEGENDS OF THE AGE OF DARKNESS

-26- CHAPTER IX. THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN

-27- CHAPTER X. THE FALL OF THE CLAY AND GRAVEL

-28- CHAPTER XI. THE ARABIAN MYTHS

-29- CHAPTER XII. THE BOOK OF JOB

-30- CHAPTER XIII. GENESIS READ BY THE LIGHT OF THE COMET

-31- PART IV. CONCLUSIONS

-32- CHAPTER I. WAS PRE GLACIAL MAN CIVILIZED

-33- THE SCENE OF MAN'S SURVIVAL

-34- CHAPTER III. THE BRIDGE

-35- CHAPTER IV. OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED

-36- CHAPTER V. BIELA'S COMET

-37- CHAPTER VI. THE UNIVERSAL BELIEF OF MANKIND

-38- CHAPTER VII. THE EARTH STRUCK BY COMETS MANY TIMES

-39- CHAPTER VIII. THE AFTER WORD