Mythology: Northern Europe – Flashcards
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The story of Brunhild is said to be the original ________.
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Sleeping Beauty
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The god _______ is both god of war and poetry.
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Odin
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In the Norse creation story, the world is made from the body of the Frost Giant _______
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Ymir
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In the Norse world view called Yggdrasil, _____ is the region where humans live.
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Midgard
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Yggdrasil is in the shape of a _________.
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tree
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Fenrir, a fearsome ______ will swallow Odin during the battle of Ragnarok.
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wolf
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The first sign that Ragnarok is approaching is ____________
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the death of Balder
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Thor gets his hammer back by ______
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dressing up as Freya
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The story of the hero _______ has been called "The Iliad of the northern countries."
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Sigurd
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According to our text, in the Norse world, "a person's first loyalty is to his or her ____. ____ comes second, and ____ third."
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king; family; friends
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The Norse symbols used for writing are called:
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runes
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Sigurd defeats Fafnir, a ______ that used to be a _________.
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dragon; man
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The god Odin has one ____ and two ____.
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eye; ravens
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When Sigurd eats Fafnir's heart, he can understand the language of _____.
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birds
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Brunhild tells Sigurd that a Valkyrie is _______ who carries dead heroes to Valhalla.
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a warrior-maiden
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Sigurd is killed by a wound to the vulnerable place on his ______.
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back
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The vulnerable place on Sigurd's body is the one place untouched by ____ because of a ______.
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Fafnir's blood; leaf
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What important action is completed in Runo II of The Kalevala?
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sowing of barley
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In The Kalevala, the man who fells the oak tree is adorned with what metal?
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copper
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In The Kalevala, branches of fallen oak tree granted ____
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prosperity
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Which bird creates fire in The Kalevala?
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eagle
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Vainamoinen is the son of ________.
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Air and Water
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When Sigurd eats Fafnir's heart he can understand the language of
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birds
