Norse 5

Question 1

The Eddas

Answer 1

[N] The two compilations from Iceland that describe the gloomy and stern views of Norse Mythology. They came in two parts, the younger and older.

Question 2

Valhalla

Answer 2

[N] the warrior’s paradise. The only way to get there was to die courageously fighting.

Question 3

Aesir

Answer 3

[N] the primary race of gods, which included Odin, Thor, Tyr, Balder, and Heimdall, as well as others.

Question 4

Asgard

Answer 4

[N] The Aesir lived in this place, where they held temporary power over the cosmos.

Question 5

Ragnarok

Answer 5

[N] The final battle of time in which evil would overcome good.

Question 6

Vanir

Answer 6

[N] A secondary race of gods, not much different from the Aesir. In ancient times they would battle the Aesir until a compromise in which these gods were allowed into Asgard.

Question 7

Giants

Answer 7

[N] they came in two varieties, frost or mountain. They were terrible magicians, who lived at Jotunheim, and they would shatter the cosmos at Ragnarok.

Question 8

Jotunheim

Answer 8

[N] The land of the giants.

Question 9

Dwarves

Answer 9

[N] a subterranean race of craftsmen.

Question 10

Valkyries

Answer 10

[N] “choosers of the slain”. Female warriors who selected brave mortal fighters who died in battle to live in Valhalla in Asgard. They were the attendants of Odin, and also the immortal waitresses in Valhalla.

Question 11

Odin

Answer 11

[N] the chief god, a master of wisdom, magic, and poetry. He protected courageous noblemen in war, and was also the god of the slain.

Question 12

Odin

Answer 12

[N] He was blind in one eye, wore a golden breastplate and helmet carried a magic spear, and rode an incredibly swift, eight legged horse named Sleipnir.

Question 13

Sleipnir

Answer 13

[N] Odin’s incredibly swift eight legged horse.

Question 14

Hugin

Answer 14

[N] represented thought, a raven who perched on Odin’s shoulder along with Munin.

Question 15

Munin

Answer 15

[N] Represented memory, a raven who perched on Odin’s shoulder along with Hugin.

Question 16

Hugin and Munin

Answer 16

[N] Two ravens who perched on Odin’s shoulder. They represented thought and memory. They flew throughout the world and reported everything to him each night.

Question 17

Frigga

Answer 17

[N] The wife of Odin. She protected brave warriors whom Odin neglected.

Question 18

Thor

Answer 18

[N] the god of thunder, a powerful deity, upright in character but fearsome to his enemies.

Question 19

Thor

Answer 19

[N] he protected peasant warriors and possessed a belt that double his strength, magic iron gloves, and a magic hammer, Mjolnir, which always struck its target and returned to his hand.

Question 20

Mjolnir

Answer 20

[N] Thor’s magic hammer. It never missed its mark and always returned to his hand.

Question 21

Baldur

Answer 21

[N] the son of Odin and Frigga, he was especially loved by nearly every being in the world, but he was the first god to die.

Question 22

Tyr

Answer 22

[N] presided over public assemblies, legal matters, and battles. His hand was bitten off by Fenrir the wolf, a monstrous enemy of the gods.

Question 23

Frey

Answer 23

[N] one of the Vanir; he was the god of vegetation and fertility.

Question 24

Freya

Answer 24

[N] one of the Vanir; she was the goddess of love and beauty.

Question 25

Heimdall

Answer 25

[N] the watchman of the gods, stationed at the rainbow bridge Bifrost which led into Asgard. His trumpet, Gjallerhorn, would announce doomsday.

Question 26

Bifrost

Answer 26

[N] the rainbow bridge which led to Asgard. It was protected by Heimdall.

Question 27

Gjallerhorn

Answer 27

[N] Heimdall’s horn which he would blow at doomsday.

Question 28

Loki

Answer 28

[N] the son of a Giant. He was full of malice and cunning, and perpetrated michief until the gods bound him in a cavern with a venomous serpent to torment him.

Question 29

Fenrir

Answer 29

[N] the wolf, a mighty enemy to the gods, he bit off Tyr’s hand.

Question 30

Jormungandr

Answer 30

[N] often known as the Midgard Serpent, the child of Loki. He was a major enemy to the gods, and especially Thor.

Question 31

Hel

Answer 31

[N] the goddess of the netherworld. Half her face had human features while the other was blank. She ruled the dead, and was a child of Loki.