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lit midterm Flashcards

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Gilgamesh

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fights Humbaba and the bull of heaven, looks for immortality

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Enkidu

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Gilgamesh’s best friend

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Shamash

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promises the winds

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trapper

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meets Enkidu at the waterhole

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harlot

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teaches civilized behavior to Enkidu

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Ishtar

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Inana

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Ninsun

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Gilgamesh’s mom

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Nincubura

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second coming of Inana

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Neti

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guards the gates of the Netherworld

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Dimuzid

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sits of Ishtar’s throne

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Anu

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gives the bull of heaven to Ishtar

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Counselors of Uruk

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didn’t want Gilgamesh to fight Humbaba by himself

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Humbaba

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Monster of Cedar Forest

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Aruru

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creator of Enkidu

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Erishkigal

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ruler of the underworld

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Archetype

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stock character

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Epic

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a story from a long time ago

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parataxis

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no chronology

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Destruction myth

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the world is destroyed then remade

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Lament

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a cry or complaint

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pathetic fallacy

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world changes to human action

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Syncretism

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fusion of 2 different beliefs

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Gallu

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A Mesopotamian demon that guides Inana in the Underworld.

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Anthropomorphism

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Gods have human traits

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Xenia

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guest/host relations

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Dialogue

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Conversation between +2 people

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Chorus

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group that summarizes the events of a play

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Choragus

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main person of the chorus

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Prophecy

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statement that comes true if acted upon

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Oracles

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the girl that states a prophecy

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Hubris

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excessive pride

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Hamartia

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mistake of knowledge and ignorance

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Peripeteia

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random person brings info to the protagonist

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Juxtaposition

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compare and contrast of 2 things

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Conventions

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accepted practices

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36
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Ode

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sad greek poem

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Dramatic Irony

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we know something the main character doesn’t

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38
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Suspended disbelief

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pretend for sake of the story

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39
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Catharsis

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emotional cleansing of a cry or laugh

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40
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Tragedy

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one of the main types of Greek plays

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Tragic Hero

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Goes through the hero cycle

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Tragic flaw

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flaw entitled to the hero

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43
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Motif

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recurring pattern

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44
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Explicit theme

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theme said to the reader

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45
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stock epithets

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titles for the many characters in epics

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Homeric simile

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a comparison to something from a long time ago that we cannot relate to

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47
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Oral tradition

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traditions passed on by word

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Vaunting speech

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A speech taunting your opponent, as you’re overtop of them.

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Arete

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wanting excellence

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50
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hubris

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excessive pride

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Ate

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blind rash behavior

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52
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Nemesis

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punishment

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53
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Deus ex machina

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God and Machine

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54
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Prize of Honor

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A gift for soldiers, they were virgins and stayed virgins.

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1st labor of Herakles

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kill Nemean lion

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2nd labor of Herakles

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kill the hydra

57
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3rd labor of Herakles

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catch the Cerynean Hind

58
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4th labor of Herakles

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catch the Erymanthian Boar

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5th labor of Herakles

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clean the stables of king Augeas

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6th labor of Herakles

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chase away the Stymphalian birds

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7th labor of Herakles

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catch the cretan bull

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8th labor of Herakles

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fetch the mares of Diomede

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9th labor of Herakles

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get the belt of Hippolyte (Hippolyte is the queen of the Amazons)

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10th labor of Herakles

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get the cattle of Geryon

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11th labor of Herakles

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get the apples of the Hesperides (When Herakles is tricked by Atlas)

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12th labor of Herakles

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bring Cerbreus up from hell

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Why did Herakles have to do the labors?

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Because he must pay debt for murdering his family

68
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Why did Hera hate Herakles?

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Herakles isn’t her son, since Zeus cheated on her.

69
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Decision of Paris

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Which of the three women got the golden apple

70
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Marriage of Thetis and Peleus

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Eris wasn’t invited, so she dropped the golden apple on the dance floor, Aphrodite, Athena, Hera

71
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Birth of Paris/ Cassandra’s recognition of Paris

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was exposed (supposed to die), but he didn’t. Cassandra saw him at a festival, and that’s when everyone realized Paris was still alive.

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Marriage of Helen

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Everyone wanted to marry Helen, Odysseus and Menelaus make a deal that Odysseus will marry Helen’s sister if Odysseus can find a way to marry Menelaus and her safely.

73
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Blood oath of Helen

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Made by Odysseus, people took it and said they would protect Helen and her Husband.

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The curse on the House of Atreus

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The sons of Atreus are handling a triple curse: the eating of Tantalos, the killing of family members, and adultery.

75
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The three main settings of the Illiad

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Ithaca
Troy
Sparta

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Clairvoyant

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people that can see the future

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Exposure

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when a newborn is left to die on a mountain.

78
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Scapegoat

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A person that is blamed for everything.

79
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Aristotle’s tragic hero cycle

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born into royalty
tragic flaw is known
tragic flaw brings its own doom

80
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Odin

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ravens serve him, leader of the Norse gods.

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Hoenir

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brother of Odin

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Hod

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blind god who threw the dart of mistletoe at Balder. Which accidentally killed Balder

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Loki

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A jotun, Odin’s brother, talks his way out of trouble, had sex with the builder’s horse.

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Sif

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wife of Thor, hair cut by Loki

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Skadi

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daughter of Thiazi, gets married to Njord.

87
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Thor

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has the Hammer of Mjonir

88
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Idun

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she the only one that has the apples of youth

89
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Heimdal

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the guardian of the rainbow bridge to Asguard

90
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Balder

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Everyone liked him, no one wanted him to have bad dreams, but he did.

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Ymir

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Aesir

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Weapons based

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Vanir

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magic based

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Fenrir

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Son of Loki, is a wolf

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Hel

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Daughter of Loki, Queen of the dead, lives in Nifflheim

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Midgard serpent

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the snake that will eat the earth

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Norns

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control people’s lives by spinning threads.

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Freyja

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Wife of Odin, cries gold

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Thiazi

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kidnaps Idun, turns into an eagle and gets burned in flames

100
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Nifflheim

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Home of the dead

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Asgard

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home of the gods

102
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Vanheim

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Home of the vanir

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Midgard

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Valhalla

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warrior heaven, has the valkyries

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Valkyries

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shield maidens

106
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Yggdrasil

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world tree

107
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Jotunheim

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home of the jotuns

108
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Mjollnir

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Thor’s hammer

109
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Sleipnir

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Odin’s 8-legged horse

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Bifrost

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rainbow bridge to Asgard

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Draupnir

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gold ring that duplicates daily

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Gungnir

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Odin’s spear

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Mimir’s head

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always moving

114
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Gram

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Sigmund’s sword

115
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Naglfar

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ship made of fingernails

116
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collapsable ship

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ship given to Freya

117
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Gold boar

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owned by Freya

118
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Wergild

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payment for dead kin

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Retribution

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Weird

121
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grani

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Sigurd’s horse, the son of the 8-legged horse, Sleipnir.

122
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Regin

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brother of fafnir and otter, taught Sigurd and sent him to kill Fafnir.

123
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Sigmund

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father of sigurd, pulled gram from a tree.

124
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Sigurd

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hero of the story, married Brunhild

125
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Fafnir

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greedy dragon, killed by Sigurd

126
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Otter

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killed by Loki,

127
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Hreidmar

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father of Fafnir, Otter, and regin, When Otter died, he demanded Wergild in return.

128
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Andvari

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Loki robbed him, so Andvari cursed the gold

129
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Brunhild

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a valkyrie, disobeyed Odin by making sure the other king won instead of the one that Odin wanted to win.

130
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Grimhild

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the mother of gunnar, gudrun, hogni, guthormr

131
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Gunnar

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swore an oath of brotherhood with Sigurd

132
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Hogni

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husband of Grimhild

133
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Guttorm

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murderer of Sigurd

134
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Gudrun

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wife of Sigurd

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