When gods, giants, or man dissociate from the all-prudent advice of the alfs - or when the alfs refuse to impart their all-working art to the world-rulers - then the time has come when the light of life fades and the perfect world of growth falls into the darkness of the night.

The world then appears in chaos and turmoil - like the events of the Walpurga's night that we have seen just before we came into the forest of the quiet ways, and which were somewhat frightening.

“Due to the darkness spreading everywhere in the world, the diverse light of enlightenment vanishes from the view of the rulers.
And because the darkness spreads even into the beings of the world it will cause fear in the creatures - they call it: their fear of death.