The End of the World can have religious, scientific or popular meanings.

• The End of the world (religion) is a common religious prophecy.
• The End of the world (civilization) is a common expression for events from space, earth or man-made that bring civilization or the human species to an end.
• The End of the world (mythology) is a common theme in mythology.
• The End of the world (fiction) is commonly found in works of fiction.

The End of the World can have specific cultural meanings.

• The End of the World is a name for Cheyenne Mountain, the base of operations for the protagonists in the apocalyptic science-fiction TV series Jeremiah.
• "End Of The World" is a song by Cold from the album 13 Ways To Bleed On Stage .
• "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" is a song by R.E.M. from the album Document.
• "Until the End of the World" is a song by U2 from the album Achtung Baby.
• "End Of The World" is the final world in the Disney/Squaresoft game Kingdom Hearts.
• End of The World (la Fin du Monde) is the name of a beer made in Quebec (Canada) by a company named Unibroue.
• The End of the World is the second episode of the 2005 revival of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.
• There is an Internet phenomenon Flash cartoon video named The End of the World.
• "The End of the World" is the name of a story by 19th century novelist Edward Eggleston.
• The End of the World is the name of a 1922 movie starring Norma Shearer.

The End of the World can have geographic significance.

• There are several places in the Atlantic shore of Europe that were the end of known land:
  • Land's End in Britain.
  • Finistere in Brittany.
  • Finisterre or Fisterra in Galicia.

See also

• End times
• Armageddon
• Götterdämmerung
• Ragnarok