In the Poetic Edda, Loki tells Heimdall that he is fated to live a hateful life, while in Prose Edda, Heimdall plays the Gjallarhorn when Ragnarok begins.

So, without further ado, here are some of the key differences between Thor: Ragnarok and Ragnarok as described in the Old Norse texts such as the Poetic and the Prose Edda. 1.

For one, Ragnarok describes the deaths of a number of major gods from Norse mythology, including Thor, Odin, Heimdall, and Loki, as well as the destruction of the world via a great flood.