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The Twilight of the Grey Gods
''The Twilight of the Grey Gods'', also known as ''The Grey God Passes'', is a short story by Robert E. Howard that blends history and fantasy. Published posthumously in 1972, the first appearance of the story was in a collection titled ''Dark Mind, Dark Heart'', edited by August Derleth.〔(Works of Robert E. Howard ), The Grey God Passes, retrieved 16 August 2007〕
The tale is a fictionalized version of the Battle of Clontarf recast in Howard's views, with doomful vision and fantasy elements. While the historical facts of the battle are accurate, they are not the most important parts of the story. The protagonist is Turlogh Dubh O'Brien, a recurring character of Howard's who is an outcast from Brian Boru's own clan.
Howard also wrote a version of this story, called ''Spears of Clontarf'', with the fantastic elements removed. This version first saw print in a chapbook in 1978.〔(Works of Robert E. Howard ), Spears of Clontarf, retrieved 16 August 2007〕 Once again Marvel Comics adapted as an issue of the Conan the Barbarian comic.
==Plot introduction==
The core of the story, as indicated by the title, is the end of the influence of supernatural beings from our world with the victory of Christian King Brian over the heathen Vikings. Among the Irish dead is a fey prince whose own death will cause the death of his fairy lover, a metaphor for the waning away of all the Sidhe. Odin himself makes an impressive and doomful appearance, making the battle a Götterdämmerung. This is more Wagnerian in tone than the utter end of the world predicted for Ragnarök, though it is indeed the end of a world.
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