Creation Story Vocab

Question 1

Writhe

Answer 1

Sentence-“All the opposites were WRITHING together,male and female,hot and cold,wet and dry,dark and light
Definition-definition-to squirm or wiggle, sometimes in discomfort.

Question 2

Vast

Answer 2

Sentence-“together the sky woman and animals built lakes and mountains and forest and VAST plains.”
Definition-describes something huge or never ending

Question 3

Ascend

Answer 3

Sentence-“the humans had the task of looking after Midgard, while the gods ASCENDED to Asgard there realm in heaven.”
Definition-to go or move up

Question 4

Descend

Answer 4

Definition-To go or move down or move down; opposite of ascend

Question 5

Revere

Answer 5

Sentence-“as they grew she loved and protected them, and was REVERED as the mother of all humans”
Definition-To regard someone as worthy of honor and respect

Question 6

Toil

Answer 6

Sentence-“Adam,…you and all the men after you shall be punished by having to TOIL and suffer to live…”
Definition-To work really hard for something

Question 7

Slew

Answer 7

Sentence-“Odin and the other gods could no longer abide by his evil acts,and together they SLEW him.”
Definition-past tense of slay, which means to kill.

Question 8

Void

Answer 8

Sentence-“the earth was formless VOID and the heavens and the earth were. In darkness.”
Definition-nothingness/emptiness

Question 9

Plunge into

Answer 9

Sentence-“she fell for miles and miles and was about to PLUNGE INTO the endless waters below,when a fish hawk spotted her, and caught her in his wings.”
Definition- to fall suddenly and uncontrollably, or violently.

Question 10

Yield

Answer 10

Sentence-…the earth will YIELD her fruits to you only by hard and painful work!
Definition-to give or produce